Description - The original builders of the complex are unknown, but it is suggested by Spence ( ), that it was the Mecca of the Nahua. It was left abandoned in 700 AD.

It was realised by Stansbury Hagar, that the city had been built as a 'map of heaven'. During the 1960's and 1970's a comprehensive mathematical survey was carried out by Hugh Harleston Jr. He found that the principle structures line up along the street of the dead (and beyond), and that the city was a precise scale model of the solar system, including Uranus, Neptune and Pluto (not rediscovered until 1787, 1846 and 1930 respectively. (21).

There are two larger pyramids and one smaller, offset as at Ghiza (see left). The layout is similar to the Giza / Orion design.

The Pyramid of the Sun

Physical statistics:

          Alignment - Cardinal points (N.S.E.W).

          Height - 233.5 ft (21), 230 ft (12),

          Angle of side - 43.5º (21)

          Perimeter of base - 2932.8 ft (21)

Length of side - 233.5 m (21), 225m (12),

The dimensions of the Pyramid of the Sun incorporate 'Pi' in the following way: (4 x Π) x h = Perimeter / Circumference of base. (21)

The pyramids base area is the same as that of the great pyramid of Ghiza. (21), (12).

The pyramid is divided into four stories, upon which once stood a temple containing a great mage of the sun carved from a rough block of stone. In the breast was inlaid a star of the purest gold, which was later seized by the followers of Cortes (1).

In 1906 the Viking foundation began a 'restoration' project. During their excavations they discovered a thick and extensive sheet of Mica, between two of the upper courses of the Pyramid. The Mica was sold to the budding electronics industry by a 'Leopold Bartres'. More was later found in the 'Mica Temple'. (von Daniken), (21)

It was discovered in 1971, that leading from a natural cave, 6m below the pyramid, and running for approx' 100m to the east, is a natural passageway. (12). It opens close under the centre of the Pyramid into a 'four-leaved-clover' shape, each 'leaf', about 60 ft in circumference and containing beautifully engraved slate discs and highly polished mirrors. There was also a complex drainage system of interlocking segments of carved rock pipes. (21).

The Pyramid of the Moon - A similar edifice as the Pyramid of the sun, but smaller in scale, built in the second half of the 2^nd century AD. According to Aztec tradition it was once mounted by a 20 ton statue. (12).

 Physical statistics:-

            Length of sides - 145m (476ft), (12)

Temple of Quetzalcoatl - A six-stage pyramid with a height of 72 ft, and a base area of 82,000 ft. The original, prehistoric structure had been buried beneath a much later mound immediately in front of it. The exposed temple still had traces of multicoloured paintings on the rows of rectangular panels superimposed on the sloping walls with sculpted serpent heads lining the sides of the stairway and facing blocks. (21).

The Avenue of the dead - Running south from the Pyramid of the moon for about 3.2 km, where it was bisected by an east-west Avenue of equal length. Along it are a series of open courtyards', each up to 145m wide and lined with small platforms. (12).

Mica Temple - Following the discovery of mica in the Pyramid of the Sun, two more sheets, approx' 90 ft square, and laid directly on top of one another, were discovered beneath the stone paved floor of the Mica temple. Trace element testing showed it to originate 2000 miles away in Brazil.  (Ref: von Daniken), (21)

Mica is currently is used for the following: Capacitor construction, Thermal and electric insulation, Opaque to fast neutrons, and it acts as a moderator in nuclear reactions.

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The Cuiadela (Citadel) - An enclosure about 640m (2,100ft) square. It is surrounded by massively thick embankments more than 23 ft high and some 1500 ft long on each side. On its eastern side is the Temple of Quetzalcoatl.

The marks inside this stone cylinder suggests that it was drilled, providing yet another example of the advanced masonry skills in the pre-Columbian America's.

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