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Teotihuacan 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 northeast of modern-day Mexico City. Teotihuacan is known today as the site of many of the most architecturally significant Mesoamerican pyramids built in the pre-Columbian Americas, namely Pyramid of the Sun and Pyramid of the Moon. At its zenith, perhaps in the first half of the first millennium (1 CE to 500 CE), Teotihuacan was the largest city in the Americas, with a population estimated at 125,000 or more, making it at least the sixth-largest city in the world during its epoch. The site covers a total surface area of 83 square kilometers and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.
This photo was taken from the top of the Pyramid of the Moon and shows Plaza of the Pyramid of Moon(foreground), the Avenue of the Dead(the road running throughout) and the Pyramid of the Sun (the largest pyramid there) on the left top corner.
The Great Pyramid of La Venta
The Great Pyramid of La Venta is the oldest known pyramid of Mexico. La Venta is situated in the state of Tabasco, and the pyramid found here was built around 900 B.C.E. The structure is 100 ft tall, and was built of clay.
Malgré le nombre réduit des pixels de mon Sony DSC-P93 je revisite mon voyage au Mexique en 2008 pour enrichir mon album.
Ici une vue d'ensemble de la ville des Dieux Teotihuacan et de la pyramide du soleil.
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Chrono: 1826
This little 3 inch high obsidian man came to my rescue when I thought I didn't have a gemstone. He qualifies because I read that obsidian has been used for gemstone carving since antiquity. It's cooled lava that becomes glasslike.
Teotihuacan is just north of Mexico city and an amazing Pre Columbian archaelogical site, with the Avenue of the Dead and pyramids. I visited there in 1972 and came away with happy memories and this little black man.
Pyramid of the Sun, mid-distant right
Pyramid-shaped residences encircle Plaza of the Moon, foreground
Teotihuacán, México
Yes, I am old enough to have taken this photo though it is one of my earliest landscape efforts.
I understand that visitors are no longer able to climb above the five-tiered platform near the base of the Pyramid of the Moon. The steps on both pyramids were tiny even for my 10 year old feet and I recall that the steps on the Pyramid of the Moon were quite steep. It would have been pretty pretty easy to make a misstep which would have resulted in a very fast trip to the bottom.
The perspective was a wildly common one. I was atop the Pyramid of the Sun shooting somewhat down toward the Pyramid of the Moon. I believe the camera was my long-gone Minolta Hi-Matic. This was scanned from a Kodak color slide (Kodachrome 64) since that was pretty much all that my father and I ever bought back in those days.
Teotihuacan.
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Mitad izquierda de estereografía de Sonora News Co. Pirámide del Sol con sus cuerpos norte y poniente descubiertos en sus dos tercios inferiores.
Teotihuacan is a vast Mexican archaeological complex northeast of Mexico City. Running down the middle of the site, which was once a flourishing pre-Columbian city, is the Avenue of the Dead. It links the Temple of Quetzalcoatl, the Pyramid of the Moon and the Pyramid of the Sun, the latter two with panoramic views from their summits.
Teotihuacán, Mexico
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Teotihuacan is a vast Mexican archaeological complex northeast of Mexico City. Running down the middle of the site, which was once a flourishing pre-Columbian city, is the Avenue of the Dead. It links the Temple of Quetzalcoatl, the Pyramid of the Moon and the Pyramid of the Sun, the latter two with panoramic views from their summits.