enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of Mesoamerican pyramids - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mesoamerican_pyramids

    The Pyramids and surrounding complex were built to house priests, along with serving as a burial ground. These are the only Otomi pyramids we currently know of. Caracol. Belize Caana Maya: 43 A triadic pyramid, Caana is the highest man-made structure in Belize Caracol. Belize Temple of the Wooden Lintel Maya: Lamanai. Belize High Temple: Maya: 33

  3. Mesoamerican pyramids - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_pyramids

    Mesoamerican pyramids form a prominent part of ancient Mesoamerican architecture. Although similar in some ways to Egyptian pyramids , these New World structures have flat tops (many with temples on the top) and stairs ascending their faces, more similar to ancient Mesopotamian Ziggurats .

  4. Caral - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caral

    In America, it is the oldest of the pre-Hispanic civilizations, developing 1,500 years earlier than the Olmec civilization, the first Mesoamerican complex society. [ 4 ] Closely related to the city of Caral was an early fishing city, Áspero or El Áspero , located on the coast near the mouth of the Supe River.

  5. List of Maya sites - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Maya_sites

    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 the 12th century AD.

  6. Great Pyramid of Cholula - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Cholula

    Model of the various structures that make up the pyramid. The Great Pyramid was an important religious and mythical centre in preinvasion times. [10] Over a period of a thousand years prior to the Spanish Invasion, consecutive construction phases gradually built up the bulk of the pyramid until it became the largest in Mexico by volume.

  7. Teotihuacan - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teotihuacan

    East is the imposing "Pyramid of the Sun " (Piramide del Sol), the third-largest pyramid in the world. It has a volume of 1 million cubic meters. It is a gradual pyramid, with a base dimension of 219.4 x 231.6 meters and a height of 65 meters. At the top of the pyramid, there was a huge pedestal, where human sacrifices were made.

  8. Tula (Mesoamerican site) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tula_(Mesoamerican_site)

    The archeological site consists of a museum, remains of an earlier settlement called Tula Chico as well as the main ceremonial site called Tula Grande. The main attraction is the Pyramid of Quetzalcoatl, which is topped by four 4-metre-high (13 ft) basalt columns carved in the shape of Toltec warriors.

  9. Pyramid of the Sun - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_the_Sun

    The Pyramid of the Sun is the largest building in Teotihuacan, and one of the largest in Mesoamerica.It is believed to have been constructed about 200 AD. [4] Found along the Avenue of the Dead, in between the Pyramid of the Moon and the Ciudadela, and in the shadow of the mountain Cerro Gordo, the pyramid is part of a large complex in the heart of the city.