ALT 3d reconstruction of Teotihuacan's West Plaza compound, with the Avenue of the Dead and the Pyramid of the Sun in the background, by Anxo Miján Maroño/TRASANCOS 3D Note this borrows fresco designs and detailing from other structures like the Atetelco compound, Feathered Serpent temple etc, due to the West Plaza compound being less intact. The Pyramid of the Sun also lacks the sculptural facade it had in it's heyday, which had sculptures of Jaguars and human hearts (see: http://imgur.com/a/4x8cn6A) with additional fire motifs, not unlike the Feathered Serpent, Crocodile/War Serpent/Rain God sculptures and water motifs on the F.S. Temple's facade which is still intact today. While not relevant to this view, the TRASANCOS 3D city model also excludes the canalized rivers through the city's layout, has many of the random, unnamed compounds arranged somewhat randomly (though still at-a-glance-authentic) rather then 1:1 to the mapped layout, and some landmarks aren't contemporaneous

ALT Collage of photos and reconstructions of some key Teotihuacano residences, plus a downscaled version of the Teotihuacan Site Map made by Hillary Olcott (Via Millon Teotihuacan Mapping Project) for the "City of Water, City of Fire" exhibit. Further image credits listed in image, to see the image at full size to make the text more readable, open the image in a web browser and edit the url to end in "orig", EX: ....format=jpg&name=orig

ALT Reconstruction of the Feathered Serpent temple at Teotihuacan, and other structures attached to the Ciudadela complex; CC BY-NC-SA, David Romero (@DavidRo14403650). The Feathered Serpent Temple is well preserved, the paint and detailed sculptures/reliefs seen here are 1:1 to the actual structure in it's heyday. However, the Ciudadela complex's courtyard/plaza in front of the Feathered Serpent Temple may not have had grass on it, as it could be flooded for rituals to turn it into a giant pool/basin. Additionally, the Feathered Serpent Temple was obscured by another, less detailed temple, the Adosada (a term used for a protruding section of a temple, on the Pyramid of the Sun and Moon the Adosada is a proper part of those pyramids) which was built a few centuries after the Feathered Serpent Temple (when it was also intentionally desecrated) to block it from view. As such, this render would be dated to 200-350 AD, thoughi'm not sure how that aligns with other portions of the Ciudadela

ALT Aerial view of Tlajinga district of Teotihuacan, art by @RafaelmenaI . Tlajinga is a relatively lower status part of the city and was primarily inhabited by Obsidian workers. Note Rafael's art is based on some of the most up to date archeological research, and conflicting details between it and other reconstructions and even the maps derived from the Millon Teotihuacan mapping project are from the latter being wrong or outdated: This art is more accurate, where conflicts exist. Refer also to Rafael's art of a family of obsidian workers in Tlajinga here: https://x.com/RafaelmenaI/status/1631720184988803082

ALT Maya seated clay Boxer figure with removable helmet (K2299B in Kerr Database;); Petén, Guatemala; 600-900AD; H 12.4 cm w. helmet, Brownware ceramic with traces of red, blue, yellow, and black (chapopote/mexican asphalt) pigments, photo via Drouot

ALT Rollout photo of Maya Vase K500, featuring boxers in helmets with conch shell gauntlets; Height 17.4cm, Diameter 10.6cm, Circum. 36.5cm; Kerr Collection (http://research.mayavase.com/kerrmaya_list.php?_allSearch=&hold_search=&x=0&y=0&vase_number=500&date_added=&ms_number=&site=); Public Domain

ALT Rollout photo of Maya Vase K700, featuring teams of boxers in G3 masks and G3 jaguar trophy heads on belts, with conch shell gauntlets; Height, 18cm Diameter 11.2cm, Circum. 0cm; Kerr Collection (http://research.mayavase.com/kerrmaya_list.php?_allSearch=&hold_search=&x=0&y=0&vase_number=700&date_added=&ms_number=&site=); Public Domain

ALT Collage of Artistic reconstructions of Maya boxers, see inside image for credits. (To see the image at full size to make the text more readable, open the image in a web browser and edit the url to end in "orig", EX: ....format=jpg&name=orig)

ALT The Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan by TRASANCOS 3D/Anxo Miján Maroño. Note that this lacks the sculpture accents and reliefs on the lower adosada/Talud-tablero section, see my next image for that. I believe this render also CORRECTLY shows the number of slanted platforms/layers, wheras the real life restored ruins has an incorrect added one from when it was restored in the 20th century restoration. The specific paint colors, patterns etc may also not be exact here, though the red, greens, etc are typical for Teotihuacan

ALT Diagrams showing the accenting on the Adosada/Tablero panels of the Sun Pyramid, with sculptures of Jaguars and human hearts plus circular jade/preciousness symbols. I also recall there being signs of fire related reliefs? Artist credits listed within image. Compare this to the Adosada accenting on the Temple of the Feathered Serpent also at Teotihuacan, in the next image

ALT Temple of the Feathered Serpent at Teotihuacan, render by @DavidRo14403650 / http://www.hookedonthepast.com / https://www.flickr.com/people/143771393@N04/), CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 This is NOT the Sun Pyramid, but we Temple of the Feathered Serpent is in the same city and has a more intact set of Tablero panels/adosadas plus paint traces, which is recreated in 3d here: The panels have sculptures of Feathered Serpent heads and what's variously described as Tlaloc, Crocodile, or War Serpent heads, alongside various marine motifs of shells and the like inscribed as reliefs. This can help you visualize what the Sun Pyramid's facade would have looked like, albiet as the last image shows, the Sun Pyramid had Jaguar and human heart sculptures and IIRC fire reliefs. That said, the plaza in front of the Feathered Serpent Pyramid may not have had grass (it could be ritually flooded), and a Adosada structure was eventually built in front of the pyramid to block it's viewing around the city's height.