The camera pans over the pyramids and ruins of Monte Alban, a ancient Zapotec religious center. The city of Oaxaca is shown from the top of the mountain. Stone carvings and pottery of the Zapotecas and Mixtecas are shown. Picture storybooks from the ancient people are shown. A man wearing a feathered headdress dances in a plaza as people watch. Women dance by wearing traditional clothing. Items in a marketplace are shown.