After leaving the Site Museum, your next stop is the Sun Pyramid. I suggest that you stroll north along the back, and then turn west along the north side, and finally south to the front. I do not suggest that you climb it. I have done so many times, and while the view from the top is impressive, so is the amount of pain you will feel in your calves for the next two days. You have been warned!
The Sun Pyramid is Teotihuacán's signature building and a true Mexican icon. The Aztecs named it although we are uncertain what the Teotihuacanos called it and who or what they worshiped at the now-disappeared temple at its summit. Spanish Conquistadors, priests and officials discussed it in their writings and it has attracted the attention of travelers ever since the 16th century. The photograph above was taken by French explorer and writer Desire Charnay in the 1880s and is the earliest such image known.
Written by Richard A. Diehl
