The Pyramid of the Moon anchors the northern end of the Avenue of the Dead, framed by the distant mountain Cerro Gordo whose profile it deliberately mirror
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The Pyramid of the Moon anchors the northern end of the Avenue of the Dead, framed by the distant mountain Cerro Gordo whose profile it deliberately mirrors. Excavations have revealed a series of sacrificial burials and offerings within the pyramid, dating its construction phases from roughly 100 to 450 CE.
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