Teotihuacan
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Teotihuacan
- Ancient site.image
- Teotihuacán-5973.JPG
- Ancient site.image_size
- 300px
- Ancient site.caption
- View of the Avenue of the Dead and the Pyramid of the Moon.
- Ancient site.map_type
- Mesoamerica#Mexico State of Mexico
- Ancient site.map_caption
- Location of the site
- Ancient site.location
- Teotihuacán, State of Mexico, Mexico
- Ancient site.epochs
- Late Preclassic to late Classic
- Ancient site.architectural_styles
- Talud-tablero
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.child
- yes
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Official_name
- Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
Article
26 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Historical course
- Origins and foundation
- Year 378: Conquest of Tikal
- Year 426: Conquest of Copán and Quiriguá
- Zenith
- Collapse
- Aztec period
- Culture
- Religion
- Population
- Writing and literature
- Obsidian workshops
- Archeological site
- Excavations and investigations
- Recent discoveries
- Monuments of Teotihuacan
- Site layout
- Threat from development
- Mexican government response
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Teotihuacan (; , ; , ) is an ancient Mesoamerican city located in a sub-valley of the Valley of Mexico, which is located in the State of Mexico, 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 the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon. Although close to Mexico City, Teotihuacan was not a Mexica (i.e. Aztec) city, and it predates the Aztec Empire by many centuries. 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. Its population has been estimated to be at least 25,000, but likely sitting around 100,000 during its height, potentially making it the sixth-largest city in the world during its epoch.
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Ancient citiesAncient peoplesArchaeoastronomyArchaeological museums in MexicoArchaeological sites in the State of MexicoFormer populated places in MexicoHistory museums in MexicoLost ancient cities and townsMesoamerican sitesMexico City metropolitan areaMuseums in the State of MexicoPopulated places established in the 1st millennium BC