The Pyramid of La Danta is even larger than Egypt’s Great Pyramid. La Danta’s total volume is measured at around 2,800,000 cubic meters. The Pyramid is one of the largest…
Continue readingThe Pyramid of the Magician is the tallest structure at Uxmal and is essentially a five-step pyramid. Legends say that the pyramid was built by means of magic in one…
Continue readingThousands of structures were built in Tikal, but it is most famous for its pyramids. The tallest pyramid of Tikal is a structure known as Temple IV. This pyramid is…
Continue readingSome Brazilian pyramids date back over 5,000 years ago, which means they predate their Egyptian counterparts by several hundred years. Experts argue there were around one thousand pyramids in Brazil,…
Continue readingTeotihuacan–the city where the gods are said to have created the universe–is home to two massive pyramids that were built a thousand years before the Aztecs. The city’s origins are…
Continue readingOne of the most famous pyramids in Mesoamerica is located in the Yucatan Peninsula. Not far from popular tourist center Cancun (around a 4-hour drive) the pyramid of “El Castillo“–the…
Continue readingThousands of years ago, at a time when Egypt’s Great pyramids were being built, a civilization in Peru was thriving in the Supe Valley, around 200 kilometers from present-day Lima….
Continue readingThe Pyramid city of Cahokia is home to more than 120 pyramidal structures The largest of these is the so-called Monks Mound. Monks Mound is truly massive; it is roughly…
Continue readingWith a total volume of 4.45 million cubic meters, the Great Pyramid of Cholula is the largest pyramid and monument built on the surface of the planet. This means that…
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