MEXICO CITY, Oct. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- The Mexican authorities have suspended the construction of a Wal-Mart supermarket near the archaeological site of Teotihuacan, about 45 km north of Mexico City, government officials said Saturday.

    According to the officials, the governor of the state of Mexico,Arturo Montiel, ordered Friday to look for a new lot for Wal-Mart,the world's biggest retailer.

    Ruben Regnier, spokesman of the National Anthropology Institute(INAH), affirmed the government's decision, adding "now it is the turn to wait the answers of Wal-Mart."

    The construction there was definitely stopped, and the government will continue monitoring the construction until the US retailer accepts the governor's decision, he said.

    Lots of civil groups, including the Civic Front for the Defenseof the Teotihuacan Valley, protested against the construction, claiming it would damage artifacts and pre-Hispanic ruins on the property.

    The new chain of Wal-Mart was built just one km from the Pyramid of the Sun that has defined the skyline for 2,000 years. Enditem