Tourists climbing Pyramid of the Moon at Teotihuacan, Mexico's third largest pyramid, pre-Columbian cities,

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Tourists climb the Pyramid of the Mooon at Teotihuacan, a pre-Columbian city that grew to 83 square kilometers or 11 square miles in 500 AD to become the largest city in the Americas, Reaching an Apex in 500 AD with a population of 200,000 people. Teotihuacan became UNESCO World Heritage Site 1987 and is Mexico's most notable ruin site because of its two large Pramids. A destination for travel, adventurers seeking Mesoamerican, prehispanic, or pre-columbian ruin sites, the city was built by Toltec or Totonac people archaeolgists believe. Abandoned by 600 AD,

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Location: San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico
Photo credit: © David Hilbert / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: cities, climb, climbing, cultures, largest, mesoamerican, mexico, moon, pre-columbian, pre-hispanic, pyramid, ruin, sites., teotihuacan, tourists