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Great Pyramid of Cholula

c. 200 BCE–9th century CE · 9th century BCE · Also known as Tlachihualtepetl

The Great Pyramid of Cholula, Tlachihualtepetl, is a huge temple platform in the Puebla valley of Mexico, the largest pyramid in the world by volume. It was built in several stages from about 200 BCE and later became overgrown. The Spanish built a church on its summit, and Cholula remained a major religious centre associated with Quetzalcoatl.

Great Pyramid of Cholula
Image: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Great Pyramid of Cholula. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/great-pyramid-of-cholula
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