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Moon Pyramid Steps at Teotihuacán

A Ramble Around Teotihuacán with Dick Diehl

Moon Pyramid Steps at Teotihuacán

Moon Pyramid Steps at Teotihuacán. If you climb it, please use the chain balustrade on the right.

Photograph by Richard A. Diehl, November 2008

How can a visitor know what is original and what has been restored in modern times? Mexican archaeologists who restored the Moon Pyramid stairway used light grey stones for the areas where they found in-situ remains in contrast to darker stones where the originals had been dislodged. The small stones inserted into the mortar always indicate a modern intervention.

If you climb it, please use the chain balustrade on the right.

Written by Richard A. Diehl

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