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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Great Pyramid of Cholula
		The Great Pyramid of Cholula is a huge temple-pyramid complex built over many generations from the 2nd century BC to the early 16th century.
		Cholula was a major center contemporary with Teotihuacan, but seems to have escaped that city's fate of destruction at the end of the Classic period and remained a regional center of importance.
		Cholula was a major center contemporary with Teotihuacan and seems to have avoided, at least partially, that city's fate of violent destruction at the end of the Mesoamerican Classic period.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Great-Pyramid-of-Cholula (1101 words)

	Cholula
		Cholula was an important city of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, dating back to at least the 2nd century BC, with settlement as a village going back at least some thousand years earlier.
		The Great Pyramid of Cholula is a huge temple-pyramid complex built over many generations from the 2nd century BC to the early 16th century.
		Cholula was a major center contemporary with Teotihuacan, but seems to have escaped that city's fate of destruction at the end of the Classic period and remained a regional center of importance.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ch/Cholula.html (369 words)

	Cholula
		The town of Cholula is readily accessible from the city of Puebla, and the archaeological zone is to be found at the town's heart.
		A church was erected atop the pyramid in the sixteenth century.
		As we walk around to the west side of the Great Pyramid, we come across a section known as the Stage 3 Reconstruction that was almost entirely built by archaeologists.
	www.geocities.com /atlantis01mx/puebla_tlaxcala/cholula.htm (921 words)

	Wikinfo \| Great Pyramid of Giza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The estimated date of its completion is 2570 BC and it is the earliest and largest of the three great pyramids in the Giza necropolis on the outskirts of modern Cairo, Egypt.
		The pyramid was constructed of limestone, basalt, and granite stones from two to four tonnes in weight each, adding up to a total estimated weight of some 7 million tonnes, and a volume of 2,600,600 cubic metres.
		The great pyramid is peculiar in this respect, as it is one of the few pyramids to have the necessary slope to express such a ratio, but variations in the accuracy of measurement, combined with the deterioriating condition of the structure, make such a claim difficult to verify.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Great_Pyramid_of_Giza (1214 words)

	Cholula Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Cholula is located at 19.06°N, 98.31°W, about 15 km west of the city of Puebla.
		Cholula was a major center contemporary with Teotihuacan, but seems to have escaped that city's fate of destruction at the end of the Mesoamerican Classic period and remained a regional center of importance.
		At the time of the arrival of Hernán Cortés Cholula was part of the Aztec empire and was second only to the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City) as the largest city in central Mexico, possibly with a population of up to 100,000 people.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/c/ch/cholula.html (442 words)

	Cholula - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Cholula is a small city in the Mexican state of Puebla.
		Cholula is located at 19.06° N 98.31° W, about 15 km west of the city of Puebla, at an approximate elevation of 2135 meters (about 7000 ft) above sea level.
		Cholula is most famous as the site of the Great Pyramid of Cholula, the largest man-made structure by volume in the world.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Cholula (662 words)

	Great Pyramid of Giza
		The Great Pyramid of Giza, (sometimes spelled Gizeh) is the oldest and last remaining of the Seven Wonders of the World and the most famous pyramid in the world.
		Southwest of Khufu's Great Pyramid lies the pyramid of Khafre, one of Khufu's successors who also built the Great Sphinx, and further southwest is the pyramid of Menkaure, Khafre's successor.
		The pyramid was constructed of limestone, basalt, and granite stones from two to four tonnes in weight each, adding up to a total estimated weight of some 7 million tonnes, and a volume of 2,600,600 cubic metress.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/g/gr/great_pyramid_of_giza.html (1456 words)

	Cholula
		Cholula ("Place of those who fled" or "Water that falls in the place of flight") is one of the few such ancient sites that has enjoyed continued occupation from its beginnings until the present day.
		The so-called Teotihuacan Building (left), which is to the east of the Courtyard of the Altars, and the building denominated "F" (west of the Great Pyramid), evidence the talud/tablero style characteristic of Teotihuacan.
		Built late in the prehistory of Cholula, after the abandonment of the Great Pyramid and the Courtyard of the Altars, one of the altar's steps was found to contain the deformed skulls of two children.
	homepage.mac.com /ritz4/MexicoWeb/Cholula/Cholula.html (518 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Cholula
		The city of Cholula is divided into two municipalities, San Andrés Cholula and San Pedro Cholula, which are considered to be part of the conurbation of the city of Puebla.
		Cholula, or in Nahuatl Cholōllān, was an important city of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, dating back to at least the 2nd century BC, with settlement as a village going back at least some thousand years earlier.
		Cholula is most famous as the site of the Great Pyramid of Cholula, the largest man-made structure by volume in the world.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Cholula (574 words)

	Great Pyramid of Giza - Medbib.com, the modern encyclopedia
		A few hundred meters south-west of the Great Pyramid lies the slightly smaller Pyramid of Khafre, one of Khufu's successors who is also commonly considered the builder of the Great Sphinx, and a few hundred metres further south-west is the Pyramid of Menkaure, Khafre's successor, which is about half as tall.
		In contrast, a Great Pyramid feasibility study relating to the quarrying of the stone was performed in 1978 by Technical Director Merle Booker of the Indiana Limestone Institute of America.
		The casing stones of the Great Pyramid and Khafre's Pyramid (constructed directly beside it) were cut to such optical precision as to be off true plane over their entire surface area by only 1/50th of an inch.
	www.medbib.com /Great_Pyramid_of_Giza (4218 words)

	Great Pyramid of Cholula - Cholula, Mexico
		The Great Pyramid of Cholula is a huge temple-pyramid complex located in the small town of Cholula, ten minutes outside of Puebla on the old highway to Mexico City.
		The first two stages date from the Classic period; the earliest pyramid was built at about the same time as the pyramids of Teotihuacan (c.100 BC).
		The Great Pyramid of Cholula is the largest pyramid in the world, much larger in volume than the great pyramids of Egypt.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /mexico/cholula-great-pyramid.htm (706 words)

	Temple Pyramid, Cholula
		Cholula's great temple pyramid was dedicated to Quetzalcóatl, pale-skinned, bearded god of the wind who was also identified with Venus, the Morning and Evening Star.
		The pyramid, almost completely buried beneath a layer of soil and vegetation, is the largest such structure in the world.
		Snake phenomenon It was only in 1997 that it was discovered that, at the time of the solstices on March 22nd and December 22nd, a moving line resembling a crawling snake appeared on the great temple pyramid in the morning and in the evening, similar to that on the Kukulcán pyramid in Chichén.
	www.planetware.com /cholula/temple-pyramid-mex-pue-tp.htm (328 words)

	Great Pyramid of Giza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Khafre's Pyramid (constructed directly beside it) were cut to such optical precision as to be off of true plane over their entire surface area by only as little as 1/50th of an inch.
		Given the extreme precision and planning given to every other phase of the Great Pyramid's contruction, this conclusion seems premature at best considering according to these same Egyptologists the whole purpose of building the structure in the first place as they claim was to house the king's burial chamber.
		Excavation on the area south of the Great Pyramid revealed evidence of the remains of a ramp consisting of two walls built of stone rubble and mixed with Tafla.
	www.vetty.com /wpcd/wp/g/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza.htm (3729 words)

	Happy Dogs Clup, The biggest dog resource center,breeds,cloths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The base of pyramids are usually quadrilateral or trilateral (but generally it can be any polygon shape), meaning that a pyramid usually has three or four sides (but theoretically there is no limit to the number of sides a pyramid can generally have), but all pyramids must have trilateral sides.
		The largest pyramid by volume is the Great Pyramid of Cholula, in the Mexican state of Puebla.
		The 27-meter-high Pyramid of Cestius was built by the end of the first century BC and still exists today, close to the Porta San Paolo.
	www.happydogsclup.com /sdmc_Pyramid (1868 words)

	Cholula
		Cholula: The Pyramid of Tipanipa, "The Worlds Largest Pyramid!" For years the "Pyramid of Tipanipa" at Cholula was said to be the worlds largest pyramid.
		The Cholula Pyramid is oriented to the North North West and it aims at the setting sun during summer solstice.
		In 1910, the Cholula Pyramid was uncovered during the construction of an insane asylum.
	www.delange.org /Cholula/Cholula.htm (651 words)

	Pyramids And Mounds - Crystalinks
		The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest in Egypt and one of the largest in the world.
		The 32-story Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee (built in 1991) was the home court for the University of Memphis men's basketball program, and the National Basketball Association's Memphis Grizzlies until 2004.
		The Walter Pyramid, home of the basketball and volleyball teams of the California State University, Long Beach, campus in California, United States, is an 18-story-tall blue pyramid.
	www.crystalinks.com /pyramids1.html (617 words)

	New age / great pyramid
		It is generally believed the Great Pyramid was built as the tomb of Fourth dynasty Egyptian king Khufu (also known under his Greek name Cheops and believed to have reigned from 2606-2583 BC), after whom it is sometimes called Khufu's Pyramid or the Pyramid of Khufu.
		Traditionally, the architect of the pyramid was Hemon, a relative of Khufu.
		For the Great Pyramid of Giza in particular, it is maintained (depending on the theorist) that either it was ordained and built by this now-vanished civilization, or else that its construction was somehow influenced by knowledge (now lost) acquired from this civilization.
	www.new-age-guide.com /new_age/great_pyramid.htm (2043 words)

	Great Pyramid of Cholula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Great Pyramid of Cholula, the world's largest monument and largest Pre-Columbian pyramid by volume, is a huge complex located in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.
		According to the Guinness Book of Records, it is in fact the largest pyramid as well as the largest monument ever constructed anywhere in the world, with a total volume estimated at 4.45 million m³, almost one third larger than that of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt.
		Because of the historic and religious significance of the church, which is a designated colonial monument, the pyramid as a whole has not been excavated and restored, as have the smaller but better-known pyramids at Teotihuacan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Cholula (412 words)

	Mayan Kids ~ Journey into Mexico
		Pyramids are among the largest man-made constructions as well as one of the great Wonders of the ancient world.
		The most famous are the Egyptian pyramids — huge pyramids built of brick or stone, some of which are among the largest man-made constructions, constitute one of the most best known and longest lasting symbols of Ancient Egyptian civilization.
		The ancient Egyptians topped the peaks of their pyramids with gold and covered the outside with polished white limestone, though many of the stones used for the purpose have fallen or been removed for other structures over the millennia.
	www.mayankids.com /mmkplaces/mkpyramids2.htm (531 words)

	Cholula's Churches Affirmations of Faith belie a bloody history
		The Great Pyramid of Cholula is also larger in volume (425 meters square, 60 meters high) than the Cheops Pyramid in Egypt.
		The architectural style of the state of Puebla, which has been used to great effect in the design and construction of its buildings and particularly its churches, derives from a combination of elements peculiar to the region.
		Cholula and its environs -- an easy day trip from Mexico City (and a snap from Puebla) -- should be on the itinerary of any traveler making her/his way through Puebla state.
	www.surf-mexico.com /mexfiles/html/cholula_churches.html (809 words)

	Cholula
		The Great Pyramid of Cholula, at 425 meters square at the base and 60 meters high, is larger in volume than the great pyramids of Egypt.
		The Great Pyramid itself, was built over and enlarged in stages, by successive generations, one of the earlier structures was larger than the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan.
		Cholula is now a town of about 40.000 people, laid out on a rectangular grid conforming with the orientation of the Great Pyramid.
	www.shawnk.com /mexico/cholul.htm (803 words)

	Ruins Of Mitla - Pyramid Of Cholula - In Mysterious Mexico
		The Spaniards visited the great market, and were astounded to see the exhibit of delicately fashioned pottery, shawls, and rugs of brilliant colours woven from the maguey and agave fibre, and the unheard of and wonderful feather cloth.
		The Spanish historian of the conquest records that in his day there was a tradition among the Aztecs that it was built by giants, who intended to raise the mount to the sky, but the gods, laughing at their arrogance, rained fire from heaven, and forced them to desist.
		As we descended the sun was dipping to the west, and the shadow of the wondrous pyramid was creeping over Cholula and wrapping the ancient village in sunless light.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles39/tropics-12.shtml (2798 words)

	Detail Page
		The focal point of the religious ceremonies in Cholula was the Great Pyramid, believed to be one of the largest pyramids ever constructed in the Americas.
		At one time the entrance to the pyramid was fashioned in the form of a stone serpent, having fangs at the sides of the doorway.
		The temple on the summit of the pyramid was said to have contained a statue of the deity being honored.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=MES0301 (812 words)

	The 7 Wonders
		Some of those who have examined the great pyramid have made speculations regarding the ratios amongst the dimensions and angles present in the structure; one popular assertion is that the ratio of the pyramid's perimeter to its height times two (P / (2 × H) gives a close approximation of the mathematical value p.
		The great pyramid is peculiar in this respect, as it is one of the few pyramids to have the necessary slope to express such a ratio, but variations in the accuracy of measurement, combined with the deteriorating condition of the structure, make such a claim difficult to verify.
		The reconstruction of the great Temple of Artemis was again destroyed during a raid by the Goths in 262 CE, in the time of emperor Gallienus "Respa, Veduc and Thuruar, leaders of the Goths, took ship and sailed across the strait of the Hellespont to Asia.
	www.the7worldwonders.com /thewonders.htm (4615 words)

	Pyramids of Mesoamerica - Crystalinks
		The Mesoamerican region's largest pyramid by volume - indeed, the largest in the world by volume - is the Great Pyramid of Cholula, in the Mexican state of Puebla.
		The Great Pyramid or Templo Mayor was the main temple of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City).
		This is a grand temple atop a step pyramid dedicated in 692; inside is an elaborate, long hieroglyphic text carved in stone detailing the city's ruling dynasty and the exploits of Pacal the Great.
	crystalinks.com /pyramidmesoamerica.html (3186 words)

	Mesoamerican Photo Archives: Cholula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Great Pyramid appears like a natural hill in the center of the now university town of Cholula, Puebla.
		Excavations around the Great Pyramid have found associated structures, both domestic and religious in function.
		Here is a small profile section of the Great Pyramid, made when a road was cut to allow paved access to the church on top.
	studentweb.tulane.edu /~dhixson/cholula/cholula.html (348 words)

	Cholula Puebla Mexico Photographs by Bill Bell
		Cholula, early morning, I drag my self out of bed and look out the window at the empty Las Americas Trailer Park...its going to be a sunny day.
		The Great Pyramid of Cholula is noted for being the largest of its kind in Mexico, larger not only than Teotihuacán's Pyramid of the Sun but also far more massive than the Egyptian pyramids in terms of volume.
		Cholula at one time had a church for every day of the year.
	www.ontheroadin.com /losgalleria/prehispanic/cholula.htm (638 words)

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