Teotihuacan
LocationMexico
Year100 BC
TypeCity
About Teotihuacan
The Avenue of the Dead is 2.4 miles long. The Pyramid of the Sun is 216 feet tall. Over 100,000 people lived here at its peak. The city was burned and abandoned around 550 AD. Mica sheets found in the pyramids originated 2,000 miles away. The name means City of the Gods given by the Aztecs.
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