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2. Great Pyramid of Cholula - Wikipedia

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   The Great Pyramid of Cholula, also known as Tlachihualtepetl (Nahuatl for "constructed mountain"), is a complex located in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. It is the largest archaeological site of a pyramid (temple) in the world, as well as the largest pyramid by volume known to exist in the world today.

3. List of Mesoamerican pyramids - Wikipedia

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   Mexico Great Pyramid of Toniná Maya: 75 200 to 900 CE The Great Pyramid of Toniná is the tallest Maya and Mesoamerican pyramid and also the tallest Pre Columbian building in the Americas. Tzintzuntzan. Mexico 5 yácata pyramids Purépecha: Late post-classic period The pyramids are rounded and have a distinguishable T-like shape.

4. Chichen Itza - Wikipedia

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   Today several thousand show up to see the light-and-shadow effect on the Temple of Kukulcán during which the feathered serpent appears to crawl down the side of the pyramid. [nb 6] Tour guides will also demonstrate a unique the acoustical effect at Chichen Itza: a handclap before the staircase of the El Castillo pyramid will produce by an echo ...

5. List of Maya sites - Wikipedia

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   Yucatán, Mexico: Mayapan was an important fortified city with a densely occupied area within the city walls. The principal pyramid at Mayapan was modelled after the main pyramid at Chichen Itza. The city was the most important site in Yucatán for a period of about 250 years during the Postclassic Period, with the earliest structures dating to ...

6. Teotihuacan - Wikipedia

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   In 1905 Mexican archeologist and government official, in the regime of Porfirio Díaz, Leopoldo Batres [85] led a major project of excavation and restoration. The Pyramid of the Sun was restored to celebrate the centennial of the Mexican War of Independence in 1910. The site of Teotihuacan was the first to be expropriated for the national ...

7. Below a pyramid, a treasure trove sheds new light on ... - AOL

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   More than a decade after Sergio Gomez began excavating a tunnel under a towering Mexican pyramid, the archeologist still spends most of his time studying the massive cache of sacred artifacts ...