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For this week's "Play" post, we stumbled
upon yet another absolute gem in the
D.F. that we couldn't wait to share! 




It is no surprise that when we began 
researching a potential distraction for our 
traditionally slow Sunday, we decided to 
pay a visit to one of Mexico City's most 
popular (and deservedly so) attractions: 
El Museo Nacional de Antropologia




My mom, and her mom, and my Sweetheart's 
mom, well heck--just about every mom I know
had long been encouraging us to explore this 
extensive and visitor-friendly museum.
And it. Did. Not. Disappoint.




It is as lovely on the outside as it is 
awe-inspiring on the inside. And its 
placement within this city's beautiful
equivalent to Central Park, Parque 
Chapultepec, seems nothing short of
the perfect place for this collection
of pre Columbian treasures to rest.




 We spent hours there, mixed in with
a good variety of foreign and local
families, everyone seemingly
fascinated in equal measure by the
ancient masterpieces lying before us.




The museum itself is divided into several
expositions, ranging from a helpful
introduction to anthropology and evolution...




 To an enticing glimpse into the (non-local)
 Mayan culture, most famous perhaps for its
seasoned astrologists and mathematicians.
These are some of their surviving manuscripts,
that experts, as of yet, have not been able to date.




But the most substantial gallery is
impressively dedicated to the Mexicas,
the native inhabitants of what is today,
Mexico City.




A visit here just cannot come recommended
enough, as we found its priceless pieces to
compare in every imaginable way to those
that rest perhaps much more infamously in
the halls of the Louvre and El Prado.




And as far as I know,
you won't find the likes of
these on the Rue de Rivoli!



See you tomorrow!

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