Did the Olmecs Build the World’s Largest Pyramid at Cholula in Mexico? | Megalithomania

Surrounded by fascinating earthworks, underground tunnels, megaliths and a sunken city, the world’s largest pyramid was built in honour of their peaceful god Quetzalcoatl. The base of the structure covers 45 acres with a height of 210 feet, that makes it three times the size the Great Pyramid at Giza and is in the Guiness Book of Records! It has several layers to it that are believed to go back well over 2000 years. The first structure was like that at La Venta, an Olmec site that has a conical pyramid and early construction dates go back to around 650 BC, during the late era of the Olmecs who are known to have migrated to this area. Hernan Cortez arrived at Cholula in 1519 and a great massacre took place when the elders believed he was the return of their great god. The famous German naturalist Alexander Von Humbolt in 1803 saw a large jade statue of Quetzalcoatl that was once upon it. Some of Cholula has been reconstructed and around its outskirts are several mysterious megaliths. One looks l
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