the air may have been more rarified then
and the wind cooler, the sun had
a different status, but nevertheless
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Built between 100 and 200 CE, its size of 225 meters (738 feet) across and 75 meters (246 feet) high, makes it the third largest pyramid in the world. It is thought that the pyramid venerated a deity within Teotihuacan society.
The name ''Pyramid of the Sun'' comes from the Aztecs, who visited the ancient city of Teotihuacan many centuries after it was abandoned.
Teotihuacan,40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of modern-day Mexico City, is the site of many of the most architecturally significant Mesoamerican pyramids built in the pre-Columbian Americas.