The largest pyramid is not found in Egypt but has ...

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The largest pyramid in the world is buried under a Mexican mountain

The largest pyramid in the world is not the Great Pyramid of Giza. It is not even located in Egypt.

The title actually falls to the Great Pyramid of Cholula in the Puebla region of Mexico. Known as "Tlachihualtepetl" which means "artificial mountain" in Nahuatl, it is an ancient temple used by the Aztecs, but it could have been built before their civilization.image809.jpeg

The pyramid was built in several stages. The researchers estimate that its construction began in the 3rd century BC. J.C. and ended in the 9th century AD, according to David Carballo, an archaeologist from Boston University, Massachusetts, who spoke to the BBC about the monument.

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J.C. and ended in the 9th century AD, according to David Carballo, an archaeologist from Boston University, Massachusetts, who spoke to the BBC about the monument.

The pyramid, built in Cholula, is 1500 feet (4,572 m) wide and more than 200 feet (60.96 m) high - four times wider than the Great Pyramid of Giza (actually 455 m high). -138,68m feet). According to the BBC, it is the monument built by the widest man known until then. However, at first glance one could not see that it is a pyramid - it is covered with grasses, trees and earth, and the Spaniards built a church on top.

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(sources http://www.epochtimes.fr/plus-grande-pyramide-monde-nest-situee-egypte-15829.html)

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