Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The seven caves of Chicomoztoc, from Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca. The depiction of a 'curved mountain' at the top of this painting is meant as a referent to Culhuacan . Chicōmōztōc ( [t͡ʃikoːˈmoːs̻toːk] ) is the name for the mythical origin place of the Aztec Mexicas , Tepanecs , Acolhuas , and other Nahuatl -speaking peoples (or ...
Franklin Mountains State Park is a state park in El Paso, Texas, United States. The park is named after the Franklin Mountains, a mountainous range that extends 23 mi (37 km) from El Paso to New Mexico. Its headquarters are located at an elevation of 5,426 feet (1,654 m) with the highest peak, North Franklin Mountain, reaching 7,192 feet (2,192 ...
The Franklin Mountains of Texas (Spanish: Sierras de los Mansos [1]) are a small range 23 miles (37 km) long, 3 miles (5 km) wide that extend from El Paso, Texas, north into New Mexico. [2] The Franklins were formed due to crustal extension related to the Cenozoic Rio Grande rift .
Temple doorways were seen as cave entrances into mountains. Sometimes these doorways were carved to look like the mouths of monsters. [13] The Aztec also did this. At Utatlán they designed an artificial cave that ends under the central plaza and is modeled on the mythical seven-chamber cave of emergence, Chicomoztoc.
The Ron Coleman Trail rises up the mountain toward a cave behind an El Paso Fire Department ambulance at the scene of a hiking death on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, in McKelligon Canyon in El Paso, Texas.
The original M on the Franklin Mountains was painted in 1923, just to the east of what is now Murchison Park. University of Texas at El Paso celebrates TCM Day this week, the longest-running ...
Castner Range National Monument is a national monument in El Paso County, Texas, that covers 6,672 acres (27 km 2) of the Franklin Mountains. It was established by President Joe Biden on March 21, 2023.
The Ron Coleman Trail rises up the mountain toward a cave behind an El Paso Fire Department ambulance at the scene of a hiking death on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, in McKelligon Canyon in El Paso, Texas.