Source: WTL© digital photograph (2009) taken from the fourth floor of the Porrúa bookstore on the Calle Justo Sierra overlooking the archeological site of the Templo Mayor, Mexico City.
Comments: To the extreme left is the site's magnificent museum; in the upper left is a colonial building; the cement wall across the top is a retaining wall to protect colonial buildings still standing on the other side of the wall when the site was excavated; in the far upper right is the Zócalo and the Churrigueresque chapel (see: => Mexico City #6) that adjoins the Catedral Metropolitana (see: => Mexico City #5). The two city blocks of this archeololgical site were an old neighborhood of delapidated colonial and 19th century buildings that was known as the "Island of the dogs" because it was somewhat higher than surrounding areas (see the level of the top of the ruins), and stray dogs congregated here. When the public electric company was digging in this area in 1978, they made a major archeological find; that is, the giant stone disk of Coyolxauhqui (See: => Templo Museum #3). From that find onward, the old buildings (13 total) were razed and excavation began. (Note: WTL's first visits to this area took place before the discovery and excavation; when he returned, excavation had begun; then he took these photos during his 2009 visit.)
Humanities question: Obviously, this photo is a prime example--one among many, of course--of cultural and humanities complexity in Latin America. Reflect on this photo from top to bottom and from side to side.