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Teotihuacan (/ t eɪ ˌ oʊ t iː w ə ˈ k ɑː n /; [1] Spanish: Teotihuacán, Spanish pronunciation: [teotiwa'kan] ⓘ; modern Nahuatl pronunciation ⓘ) is an ancient Mesoamerican city located in a sub-valley of the Valley of Mexico, which is located in the State of Mexico, 40 kilometers (25 mi) northeast of modern-day Mexico City.
Dooby Duck, the presenter of Dooby Duck's Disco Bus; Edd the Duck, puppet mallard from CBBC's The Broom Cupboard; Ferdinand, [7] adventurous white male duck who appears in Babe and Babe: Pig in the City; Harry the Duck, Bear's long-lost friend from Bear in the Big Blue House. Howard the Duck, from the 1986 film of the same name based on the ...
Between 150 BC and 500 AD, a Mesoamerican culture built a flourishing metropolis on a plateau about 22 km 2 (8.5 sq mi). [clarification needed] The ethnicity of the inhabitants of Teotihuacan is a subject of debate, therefore "Teotihuacan" is the name used to refer to both the civilization and the capital city of these people. [2]
The Pekin or White Pekin is an American breed of domestic duck, raised primarily for meat. [6] [7] It derives from birds brought to the United States from China in the nineteenth century, [8] and is now bred in many parts of the world. [6] It is often known as the American Pekin to distinguish it from the German Pekin, a distinct and separate ...
The Temple of the Feathered Serpent is the third largest pyramid [1] at Teotihuacan, a pre-Columbian site in central Mexico (the term Teotihuacan, or Teotihuacano, is also used for the whole civilization and cultural complex associated with the site). This pre-Columbian city rose around the first or second century BCE and its occupation ...
Defining characteristics of the Great Goddess are a bird headress and a nose pendant with descending fangs. [10] In the Tepantitla and Tetitla murals, for example, the Great Goddess wears a frame headdress that includes the face of a green bird, generally identified as an owl or quetzal, [11] and a rectangular nosepiece adorned with three circles below which hang three or five fangs.
An April Fools' Day baby, the duck was 3 weeks old when McWilliams brought her home from a pet shop downtown. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) Ellie Kim, 4, gets a close-up look at Cardi D in ...
Wrinkle Five Star (hatched September 9, 2020) [1] is an American Pekin duck and emotional support animal who gained prominence on social media for participating in the New York City Marathon. [2] Hatched in Louisville, Kentucky, as the only survivor from a clutch of six eggs, [1] Wrinkle is biologically male but was initially thought to be a ...