WATCH: For 14 months, a team of more than 80 engineers, surveyors, restorers, architects and archaeologists have been toiling to protect part of one of Mexico's most important and ancient sites, the Templo Mayor complex
A roof that covered the House of Eagles, part of this 500-year-old site, collapsed in a storm last April under the weight of hail and rain. It caused only minor damage, but left the team scrambling to protect the site in the center of downtown Mexico City's historic district.
They would have to avoid constructing new support beams that damage the fragile pre-Hispanic floor - and do it all in the middle of a pandemic."And from then on, we didn't stop," said Mariana Diaz de Leon Lastras, head of the restoration department at the Templo Mayor museum. "It is a very big responsibility.
In order to safely work above the site, the team constructed a wooden floor, with room for ventilation to prevent fungus growth, above the original floor, which the Aztecs built using stucco, a combination of lime and a slimy substance from nopal cactus.Even as the team worked on a new roof, with no more than 20 people present at one time to comply with COVID-19 regulations, they had to constantly check and maintain the original structure below.
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