Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
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Eduardo Matos Moctezuma (b. 1940) is a prominent Mexican archaeologist. Since 1978 he is in charge of the excavations at the Templo Mayor and the Templo Mayor Museum in Mexico City.
Matos Moctezuma graduated with a master's degree in archaeology from the National School of Anthropology and History and a master's degree in anthropology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He has been in charge of the Pre-Hispanic Monuments department of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and its national school.
During his career he has undertaken several archaeological projects at Bonampak, Cholula, Coacalco, Comalcalco, Teotihuacan, Tepeapulco, Tlatelolco and Tula. Among the most important ones are his excavations at the Pyriamid of the Sun in Teotihuacan and the Mexica's Main Temple.
Professor Matos has been distinguished as Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques, Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite and given Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France. He has also received Venezuela's Andrés Bello Award, Harvard University's Henry B. Nicholson Medal and a honorary doctorate in science by the University of Colorado.
He is also a member of the German Archaeological Institute, the Archaeological Institute of America, the Mexican Society of Geography and Statistics, the Mexican Academy of History and Mexico's National College.
