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Mexico's Pyramid of Death
OCTOBER 2006
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Urban Experiment
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Teotihuacan was one of the first true urban centers in the Western Hemisphere, covering nearly eight square miles (21 square kilometers) at its heyday. Precious artifacts recovered from the Pyramid of the Moon and other structures reveal that this was a wealthy trade metropolis with far-reaching connections. Inexplicably, the city suffered sudden and violent collapse in about A.D. 600 and much of the population fled. They left few written records, just the ruins of their city and intriguing clues about a once powerful culture.
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