Teotihuacan

Teotihuacan
The major monuments at the holy city of Teotihuacan are believed to have been built around 200 AD. After that, the city flourished for 400 years, until a sudden collapse in the middle of the 7th century.

All in Teotihuacan is centered around the Avenue of the Dead, the long and wide road that connects La Ciudadela with the Moon Pyramid.

About half way, the Sun Pyramid can be found. This is the third biggest pyramid in the world: it measures 225 x 225m, and has a height of 63 meters. There are 5 platforms. Underneath the structure an entrance to a small cave has been found: it is thought that the sun was worshipped at this place before the pyramid was built.

Year Decision Comments
1987 Inscribed Reasons for inscription



Visit September 1997

Impressive and mysterious, these pyramids that you automatically connect with Egypt. Probably Erich Von Däniken will have a theory about this (green people from the moon built both the pyramids in Egypt and Mexico or something like that).

When you walk around sites like these you want to know more: how did these structures fit into the lives of the people? what religious activities took place here? Unfortunately, not much is yet known about Teotihuacan.

Reviews

Ingemar Eriksson (Sweden):
This is one o the most exciting place I have ever seen. To be on top of the big pyramide in the middle gives an axciting wiev of the area. Impressive plan and structure but what kind of dictatorship could allocate the resorces to build this?
It is a good idea to mark reconstructed structures with small stones in the concrete.
Date posted: January 2006
Isabelle (UK):
Oh my God! the most religiuos, amazing experience of my life!

you feel as though you going into another world, outside of the english culture. i have been to egypt and the pyramids at teohuatican are not only grander, but have a deeper meaning than the tombs in egypt. i'm greatly relieved that not too many snooping archaeoligists have been wandering round the magnifecent place. i would be glad yo have it left alone and to remain as the secret of the pre-hispanic people of the time....
 


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