Construction on Monte Albán (which means white mountain in Spanish) began in 500 BC. It took 120 years to flatten the mountain on which it stands and around 700 years to build the site which is a sacred site of burials and the observation of stars. The daily observation of the stars and heavens gave Mexico’s pre-hispanic societies the knowledge necessary to calculate agricultural cycles, changes in weather and seasons, just as it was used to provide a prognosis of future happenings. The high priests were educated from a very early age to understand the heavens. Together with the stars, they used magic mushrooms to consult with the gods in order to make decisions to support the power of their state. Standing there, you can know that they picked a very special place to talk with gods.
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