page_title: Pyramid of the Sun
section_title: Further reading
hierarchical_section_title: Pyramid of the Sun / Further reading
caption_attribution_description: Español: Vista panorámica de la Pirámide del Sol, Teotihuacán English: Panoramic view of the pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan, Mexico.
context_page_description: The Pyramid of the Sun is the largest building in Teotihuacan, and one of the largest in Mesoamerica. It is believed to have been constructed about 200 AD. Found along the Avenue of the Dead, in between the Pyramid of the Moon and the Ciudadela, and in the shadow of the mountain Cerro Gordo, the pyramid is part of a large complex in the heart of the city.
context_section_description: Evans, Susan Toby (2004). Ancient Mexico and Central America.
  Gwin, Peter (Feb 2005). "Seeing Through Walls". National Geographic.
  Šprajc, Ivan (2000). "Astronomical Alignments at Teotihuacan, Mexico". Latin American Antiquity. 11 (4). pp. 403–415.
  Sugiyama, Saburo (2005). "Governance and Polity at Classic Teotihuacan". Mesoamerican Archaeology.
  Leibsohn, Dana, and Barbara E. Mundy, “Making Sense of the Pre-Columbian,” Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America, 1520–1820 (2015). http://www.fordham.edu/vistas
caption: Panoramic view of the Pyramid of the Sun
exif: {"Image ImageWidth": "4592", "Image ImageLength": "3056", "Image BitsPerSample": "[8, 8, 8]", "Image PhotometricInterpretation": "2", "Image ImageDescription": "Panorama Pir\u00e1mide del Sol, Teotihuac\u00e1n", "Image Make": "SONY", "Image Model": "NEX-5", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image SamplesPerPixel": "3", "Image XResolution": "500", "Image YResolution": "500", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop Elements 13.0 (Windows)", "Image DateTime": "2015:05:17 16:30:29", "Image Artist": "Mario Roberto Duran Ortiz", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image Copyright": "2015 Mariordo@aol.com", "Image ExifOffset": "2534", "Image XPTitle": "[80, 0, 97, 0, 110, 0, 111, 0, 114, 0, 97, 0, 109, 0, 97, 0, 32, 0, 80, 0, ... ]", "Image XPAuthor": "Mario Roberto Duran Ortiz", "Image XPSubject": "[84, 0, 101, 0, 111, 0, 116, 0, 105, 0, 104, 0, 117, 0, 97, 0, 99, 0, 225, 0, 110, 0, 44, 0, 32, 0, 77, 0, 233, 0, 120, 0, 105, 0, 99, 0, 111, 0, 0, 0]", "Image PrintIM": "[80, 114, 105, 110, 116, 73, 77, 0, 48, 51, 48, 48, 0, 0, 6, 0, 1, 0, 22, 0, ... ]", "Image Padding": "[]", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "5710", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "2567", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/200", "EXIF FNumber": "11", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "200", "EXIF SensitivityType": "Recommended Exposure Index", "EXIF RecommendedExposureIndex": "200", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2015:05:09 16:16:12", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2015:05:09 16:16:12", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "4", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "477741/62500", "EXIF ApertureValue": "6918863/1000000", "EXIF BrightnessValue": "431/50", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "361/100", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, auto mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "18", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "8813", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3000", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "5244", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "27", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal", "EXIF LensSpecification": "[18, 55, 7/2, 28/5]", "EXIF LensModel": "E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS", "EXIF Padding": "[]"}