The
Temple of the Feathered Serpent is the modern-day name for the third largest pyramid at
Teotihuacan, a
pre-Columbian site in central
Mexico. This structure is notable partly due to the discovery in the 1980s of more than a hundred possibly-sacrificial victims found buried beneath the structure. The burials, like the structure, are dated to some time between 150 and 200 CE. The pyramid takes its name from representations of the Mesoamerican "
feathered serpent" deity which covered its sides. These are some of the earliest-known representations of the feathered serpent, often identified with the much-later
Aztec god
Quetzalcoatl. The structure is also known as the
Temple of Quetzalcoatl, and the
Feathered Serpent Pyramid.