| In the city of Teotihuacan there is a broad avenue, now named the Street of the Dead. It is more than 40 meters wide and 3 kilometers long. Crossing the San Juan River, where a wide bridge must have stood, the avenue follows the natural rise of the terrain until it reaches the Pyramid of the Sun. In this section the avenue forms a series of horizontal patios joined by transverse stairways that compensate for the incline of the terrain. The extreme north end of the avenue opens into an enormous esplanade known as the Plaza of the Moon. It is believed that some of these "sunken patios" that are located along the Street of the dead were used as ball game courts. |
