The Largest Pyramid

• The biggest pyramid in the world isn't in Egypt. It's the Pyramid of the Sun in Mexico.
• The Pyramid of the Sun is more that 2 football fields wide on each side (more than 40 acres) and over 65 yards high (larger than the Egyptian Pyramids).
• By contrast, the largest Egyptian pyramid covers about 13 acres.
• The pyramids in the valley of Teotihuacan, Mexico, were originally started by the Olmec Indians about 1000 B.C.
• It is estimated that at the peak of the city's growth, the population numbered about 250,000. On festive and religious occasions, the population swelled to many times this amount.
• The Aztecs, conquered the Olmecs and named the spot Teotihuacan, which means "the place where one became a god."

Find out more information about Teotihuacan at http://udgftp.cencar.udg.mx/ingles/Precolombina/Azteca/temp12.html. "

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