Mexico's culture emerged from the culture of the Spanish Empire and the preexisting indigenous cultures of Mexico. Mexican culture is described as the 'child' of both western and native American civilizations. Other minor influences include those from other regions of Europe, Africa and also Asia.
Cerro del Cubilete ("Dice Cup Hill"). At the top of the hill is the Cristo Rey (Christ the King) statue.
Sawdust carpet made during "The night no one sleeps" in Huamantla, Tlaxcala
Murals of Bonampak (between 580 and 800 AD)
La huida a Egipto (The Flight into Egypt). Miguel Cabrera, around 1700.
The pre-Columbian history of the territory now making up the country of Mexico is known through the work of archaeologists and epigraphers, and through the accounts of Spanish conquistadores, settlers and clergymen as well as the indigenous chroniclers of the immediate post-conquest period.
An image of one of the pyramids in the upper level of Yaxchilán
Olmec colossal head 1, at Jalapa.
View of Avenue of the Dead from Pyramid of the Moon
Mayan architecture at Uxmal