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It appears that the article Pyramid of the Sun redirects to Teotihuacán. Should we change the redirect to point to this article instead? -- Hurricane111 17:30, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
This article contains a great deal of incorrect statements, most notably the assertion the Pyramid and Teotihuacán were built by the Aztec culture. It's fairly normal for archaeological articles on wikipedia to be somewhat inaccurate, but this seems so mistaken that a rewrite is in order.
here in the Chapter Structure... I read something from the 3 biggest Pyramids in the World. A few days ago I was looking for Informations about El Mirador and in some places I have read, that the Pyramide of La Danta there is also among the biggest and most massive pyramids (72m high, 620x330m Basic area (?footprint?), Volume: 2,800,000 cubic meter) - please forgive me my bad english, I hope I could give a hint anyway -- Hartmann Schedel cheers 22:08, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
Yea, the volume for this thing is way off. It should be 1.2 million m³. Which would make it the 7th largest pyramid behind even the luxor casino. The claim of "third largest" is in regards to its footprint. Which is in no way a complete gauge of its size. If noone objects, I'll update the article.-- Fashizzl ( talk) 00:01, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
from Mike Ruggeri's mailing list Listeros,
In a very surprising discovery at Teotihuacan, a sculpture of the Old Fire God, Huehueteotl, was uncovered at the top of the Pyramid of the Sun. The Huehueteotl sculpture is the largest of the Old Fire God ever found at Teotihuacan. Two stela made of greenstone were also uncovered. They date from the late 5th of early 6th century CE. The temple in which they were found was apparently destroyed by the Teotihuacanos themselves. The original archaeologist, Leopaldo Baltres, had covered the top of the pyramid without excavating the area. This may indicate that the Pyramid of the Sun could have been the site of fiery nature cults and calendrical cycle endings. The two greenstone stela were constructed in a smooth undecorated style.
INAH has the report here (in Spanish) with a great slide show of the remarkable find. (click on the camera icon to see it). There will be more stories and photos on this discovery, and I will post them as they appear.
http://www.inah.gob.mx/boletines/14-hallazgos/6383-descubren-monumentos- en-cuspide-de-la-piramide-del-sol
Dougweller ( talk) 13:57, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
Is this a structure or building? May need to update summary as needed. SWP13 ( talk) 16:36, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
See a number of articles on this. [1] Doug Weller talk 10:26, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
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It appears that the article Pyramid of the Sun redirects to Teotihuacán. Should we change the redirect to point to this article instead? -- Hurricane111 17:30, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
This article contains a great deal of incorrect statements, most notably the assertion the Pyramid and Teotihuacán were built by the Aztec culture. It's fairly normal for archaeological articles on wikipedia to be somewhat inaccurate, but this seems so mistaken that a rewrite is in order.
here in the Chapter Structure... I read something from the 3 biggest Pyramids in the World. A few days ago I was looking for Informations about El Mirador and in some places I have read, that the Pyramide of La Danta there is also among the biggest and most massive pyramids (72m high, 620x330m Basic area (?footprint?), Volume: 2,800,000 cubic meter) - please forgive me my bad english, I hope I could give a hint anyway -- Hartmann Schedel cheers 22:08, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
Yea, the volume for this thing is way off. It should be 1.2 million m³. Which would make it the 7th largest pyramid behind even the luxor casino. The claim of "third largest" is in regards to its footprint. Which is in no way a complete gauge of its size. If noone objects, I'll update the article.-- Fashizzl ( talk) 00:01, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
from Mike Ruggeri's mailing list Listeros,
In a very surprising discovery at Teotihuacan, a sculpture of the Old Fire God, Huehueteotl, was uncovered at the top of the Pyramid of the Sun. The Huehueteotl sculpture is the largest of the Old Fire God ever found at Teotihuacan. Two stela made of greenstone were also uncovered. They date from the late 5th of early 6th century CE. The temple in which they were found was apparently destroyed by the Teotihuacanos themselves. The original archaeologist, Leopaldo Baltres, had covered the top of the pyramid without excavating the area. This may indicate that the Pyramid of the Sun could have been the site of fiery nature cults and calendrical cycle endings. The two greenstone stela were constructed in a smooth undecorated style.
INAH has the report here (in Spanish) with a great slide show of the remarkable find. (click on the camera icon to see it). There will be more stories and photos on this discovery, and I will post them as they appear.
http://www.inah.gob.mx/boletines/14-hallazgos/6383-descubren-monumentos- en-cuspide-de-la-piramide-del-sol
Dougweller ( talk) 13:57, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
Is this a structure or building? May need to update summary as needed. SWP13 ( talk) 16:36, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
See a number of articles on this. [1] Doug Weller talk 10:26, 29 April 2020 (UTC)