‘‘Glyph of Tehuacán’’

We have already seen events suffered attacks of neighboring kingdoms as the Tepexi, so it planned to seriously change settlement up to a place more strategic for defense. For this object explored soaring Cerro Colorado penalties and seeming them appropriate, were summoned to a meeting where the almost general resolution was taken move the town to the new site found next to such penalties. According to one version, in that occasion the people exclaimed then "Tiehuacan" which means "Let's soon! and they went to Calcahualco.

According to another version, Te-hua-can comes from Tetl (stone), hua (possessive) and can (place) "Place that has stones"

A third version claims that "Tehuacán" is an adulteration of Teo-hua-can "Place of Teshuas" referring to the existence of local priests consecrated to worship fervently to Huitzilopochtli.

A fourth version proposes that "Tehuacán" comes from Teotl (God), hua (possessive) and can (place) "Place of the gods".

Due to written evidence it is likely that the Tehuacán Valley has been a center of great religious activity for the region, which is also suggested by the many idols of stone that the Franciscan friars made meet to be destroyed as a false religion slippery objects when evangelizaron this region.

This is the glyph currently accepted the city of tehuacan. Geographic Indonimia the State of Puebla, same that inferred from the word Teohuacan, i.e. place of gods or the Sun is based on the work of Felipe Franco from the year of 1946.

(Taken from "The fortress of el Cerro Colorado Tehuacán Puebla", Mauricio Gálvez Rosales)

The glyph is interpreted so: on the bottom gums with toothbrush, you can see what means "place". The disc is a solar symbol, or sacred. Hence, to Tehuacán is known as "Place of the gods", "Place of the gods", "Place of those who have God" or more currently "Sun City".