Teotihuacan's Emblematic Monument, The Sun Pyramid, Still an Enigma for Archaeologists

Art Daily ^ | Friday, October 8, 2010 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

How long did it take to build the Sun Pyramid?

• It was in 1986 when the first calculations on this regard were estimated.
• It is considered that it was built by 12,000 to 14,000 persons working simultaneously, by specialized groups in each of the tasks such as loaders, water-bearers, stonemasons, quarrymen and builders.
• Working 10 hours a day, seven days a week.
• Adding up 139 years of work conducted in normal conditions.

[SunkenCiv]

The sun pyramid is the most important building of Teotihuacan. Photo: INAH/M. Marat.

[SunkenCiv]

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[aces]

Doesn’t seem realistic..

[rovenstinez]

Yeah, I’ve stood at the foot of this pyramid and asked the question of my grandkids. And all of this pile of stones, was done without dump trucks, wheels, burros, and had to be brought in from a long distance, as there are no depressed areas nearby where they apparently dug out dirt to take and pile up. It’s huge.

[ThanhPhero]

Aliens built it in a week. Ask George Noory.

[nkycincinnatikid]

Hey! its Mexico, They weren’t aliens.

[bigheadfred]

wheels, burros

wheelburros?

[coconutt2000]

lol, what... they had an amnesty?

I get it. I get it.

[rdl6989]

Lol. George Noory is an expert on these things. /rolls eyes

[bigheadfred]

We as a society tend to view time as a fleeting moment. A need for speed.

Maybe these people viewed time in a different aspect. No hurry. Building for the ages.

Whatever the means, it has stood the test of time.

[SunkenCiv]

;’)

[King_Corey]

http://www.gizapyramid.com/wallington.htm

Wallace Wallington has shown how he can build a stonehenge alone and move large buildings and walk huge blocks.

Check out what is a very probable answer to how it is done.

[SunkenCiv]

We as a society tend to view time as a fleeting moment. A need for speed.

Maybe these people viewed time in a different aspect. No hurry. Building for the ages.

Whatever the means, it has stood the test of time.

That's deeply philosophical, thanks bhf.

wheelburros?

[BunnySlippers]

wheelburros?

Haha!

[Ax]

The pyramids there are truly a sight to behold. Can you imagine what was going through Cortez’ mind when he and his conquistadores first glimpsed these triumphs of engineering in the middle of this uncivilized land?

[screaminsunshine]

Don’t tell the Democrats. I can see the Obama Pyramid shovel ready stimulus program forming in their conniving minds already.

[MurrietaMadman]

Can you imagine what was going through Cortez’ mind when he and his conquistadores first glimpsed these triumphs of engineering in the middle of this uncivilized land?

Hmmmm. Dumbasses forgot the cannons.

[BunnySlippers]

Indeed.

I have visited almost all of the sites like this in Southern Mexico and the Yucatan. But have not yet made it to Teotihuacan.

[bigheadfred]

I have OCD when it comes to cabinetmaking. But when I tramp the hills I oftenly encounter a stone that speaks to me. I know the spot where it should go. So I carry it home.

So who’s to say these people didn’t carry stones home in their daily travels. They knew the spot where it should go.

I like to visit the mountain deeps
And in the silence...
Carry stones...

;-)

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, really, the big pyramid could have started out as a rubbish pile on the outskirts of town, and after it got too large to do anything else with it, the local gentry decided to make sure it went up according to a plan the rest of the way. ;’)