An entire city was built to align with the stars
The massive Pyramids of Teotihuacán weren't placed by chance; the entire city layout is a functioning map of the heavens and the ancient Mesoamerican calendar.
In the Valley of Mexico, the 'City of the Gods' was designed as a terrestrial reflection of the cosmos. Its main artery, the Avenue of the Dead, is tilted exactly 15.5 degrees east of north. This specific alignment ensures that on August 12th—the day the Maya believed the current world was created—the sun sets directly in front of the Pyramid of the Sun. This allowed the city's 125,000 residents to live in constant synchronization with their mythic timeline.
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