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Teotihuacán

[ te-aw-tee-wah-kahn ]

noun

  1. the ruins of an ancient Mesoamerican city in central Mexico, near Mexico City, that flourished a.d. c200–c750 and is the site of the pyramids of the Sun and Moon and of many temples, palaces, and dwellings.


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The company has even been accused of interfering with archeological sites, for instance in Teotihuacan in central Mexico.

The two great pyramids of Teotihuacan, dedicated to the sun and moon, are surrounded by several hundreds of small pyramids.

Teotihuacan within the valley of Anhuac had long been as it long continued to be the religious centre of all the Nahua nations.

In Teotihuacan, thirty miles north of the city of Mexico, is the site of an ancient city twenty miles in circumference.

The ruins of Teotihuacan, like the pyramid of Cholula, contain no internal evidences of their age.

In a word, our campaign at Teotihuacan was as successful as our campaign at Tula.

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