Detail of a rugged stone wall at the Palace of Quetzalpapalotl in Teotihuacan - San Juan Teotihuacán, State of Mexico, Mexico

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Detail of a rugged stone wall at the Palace of Quetzalpapalotl in Teotihuacan - San Juan Teotihuacán, State of Mexico, Mexico. Teotihuacan was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican city situated some 50 km northeast of modern-day Mexico City. Today, it is known as the site of many of the most architecturally significant Mesoamerican pyramids built in the pre-Columbian Americas. The city was built between the 1st and 7th centuries , with major monuments continuously under construction until about AD 250. Teotihuacan was the largest city in the pre-Columbian Americas at its zenith with a population of approximately125,000.

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Palace of Quetzalpapalotl in Teotihuacan - San Juan Teotihuacán, State of Mexico, Mexico
Photo credit: © Paul Christian Gordon / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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