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Pyramid of the Moon

The cave under Teotihuacan’s Pyramid of the Moon helps explain the urban planning of this famous site. Source: Leonid Andronov /Adobe Stock

Natural Cave Helps Explain Teotihuacan’s Pyramid of the Moon

Archaeologists in Mexico City have answered a long outstanding question by having identified the purpose behind a natural cave beneath Teotihuacan’s Pyramid of the Moon. Covering an area of 8895...
Panoramic view from the summit of the Pyramid of the Moon, with the Pyramid of the Sun on the far left (Rene Trohs /  CC BY-SA 4.0)

Orion: Archaeoastronomy Inspiration for the Pyramids of Giza and the Pyramids of Teotihuacan

As ancient Egyptian architects gazed up at the night sky and built the three pyramids of Giza based on the celestial plan of the Constellation of Orion , so millennia apart and at the other side of...