#A teocalli is a Mesoamerican pyramid surrounded by a temple

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Teocalli

The largest pyramid in the world is in Mexico, the city of Cholula to be specific. The majority of it is buried in the earth, though: parts of the base have been excavated, but not the entire thing.

Isn’t that funny? One of man’s great monuments, and we can’t free it from the ground without damaging it. Nature asserts her authority in strange ways, but if you pay attention, it becomes obvious.

(On top of the Cholula Pyramid sits a church built in the 1600s. There’s a metaphor there, too, but one I appreciate less.)