Partially excavated pyramid, not sure if it has a name yet, this was from back in 2016
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Partially excavated pyramid
I was once visiting some friends in Guatemala, and we all went out to some park in the middle of nowhere. It wasn't a tourist place or anything, it was just a bunch of hills. I walked up one of the hills and looked down to see that the other half of it had been excavated to reveal the steps of a temple. In fact, all the hills there were covering buildings because that place used to be an ancient Mayan (?) town. There just wasn't enough funding/interest to excavate it all, so it was just a park of hills.
I want to visit Guatemala so badly, some of the master's students in my trip took a flight afterwards to Honduras and then a bus over into Guatemala in order to see Tikal and I was so jealous
Temple of the Sun from a distance
Temple of the Moon in the distance from the top of the Temple of the Sun
Panorama from Temple of the Moon
Damn, that's incredible! You should post that, a gem like that deserves it!
Lol thank you, it was a fantastic trip, 3 week study abroad across Southern Mexico
Temple of the Sun from the bottom
View down from the "top" of the Temple of the Moon, as far up as you're allowed to climb because the actual top is crumbled and unstable. Looking down into the Plaza of the Moon. Temple of the Sun in the distance on the left
Temple of the Moon from my visit with the Patio of Pillars to the left
Patio of the Pillars recreation on the inside
Temple of the Moon from the front
One of several side temples lining the edges of the main square
The pyramids are huge! The most awe inspiring place I've ever been to.
Temple of the Feathered Serpent. I damn near broke my neck climbing down the steps after taking that pic.
Pyramid of the Sun, large pyramid in the ancient city of Teotihuacán, Mexico, that was built about 100 ce and is one of the largest structures of its type in the Western Hemisphere. The pyramid rises 216 feet (66 metres) above ground level, and it measures approximately 720 by 760 feet (220 by 230 metres) at its base.