With the Pyramid in the backround, this vendor strikes a dramatic poseThe Ruined City of Teotihuacan
The largest pyramid in the world is just twenty miles from Mexico City. It dominates the ruined city of Teotihuacan which was one of the largest cities in the world in 600 AD. Its population may have been as high as 200,000 . 'Teotihuacan' means 'The Place Where Gods Were Made'. Aztecs inhabited this religious place from 100 BC and mysteriously abandoned it 800 years later.
This was a planned city and is considered to be the first great urban experiment in the New World. It dominated the region near today's Mexico City for more than 500 years.
Anyone in the Mexico City area should take a few hours to visit this monumental city with its two world famous pyramids, many temples and hundreds of murals.
By the way, the Giza Pyramid in Egypt is taller, but the Pyramid of the Sun we were about to visit in Teotihuacan has more mass. And it's second only to Giza in height.
Dressed in Mexican hat and serape, he pointed out the various kinds of cactus found in this country.
The largest pyramid in the world. The original was completed around 100 AD, without the aid of the wheel or metal tools or beasts of burden. We can only wonder how many men and how many years it took to build it.
The warriors may have been sacrificed because they didn't follow the signs and dared to touch the sacred feathered serpent ...