heritage.site

Great Pyramid of Cholula

Great Pyramid of Cholula Great Pyramid of Cholula - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Great Pyramid of Cholula, also known as (Nahuatl for "made-by-hand mountain"), is a complex located in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. It is the largest archaeological site of a pyramid (temple) in the world, as well as the largest pyramid by volume known to exist in the world today.Coe & Koontz 1962, 2002, p. 120.The giant pyramid hidden inside a mountain, BBC News, retrieved on August 15, 2016 The adobe brick pyramid stands above the surrounding plain, which is significantly shorter than the Great Pyramid of Giza's height of , but much wider, measuring Read more on Wikipedia

Source: en.wikipedia.org