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Aztec warriors trained on a hill top temple.
It was 285 feet wide, 300 feet long and the pyramid was 160 feet high. There was an additional 50 foot temple on top of the pyramid making the total height 210 feet.
A piece of polished white limestone. It may have been covered in thin layer of beaten gold. The whole pyramid cased in gleaming white Tura limestone with the gold cased point (the pyramidion) catching the light of the sun must of looked impressive.
{| ! scope="col" width="81" | idth ! scope="col" width="156" | Meters ! scope="col" width="142" | Zapal equivalent ! scope="row" | Top| 19.5213 ! scope="row" | Base| 55.337 ! scope="row" | Temple| 13.42 9 ! scope="row" | Stairs| 8.85 6 |}
The decorative top of a column is called the capital.
ziggurat
ziggurat
A ziggurat.
A grand temple with a shrine on top is commonly referred to as a pagoda. Pagodas are traditional Asian towers or tiered structures used for religious or spiritual purposes, often serving as a place of worship or meditation.
a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top where the god lived
The top of a ziggurat is a flat platform. There are some instances where a temple or other ceremonial structure was placed on the platform but not all ziggurats had/have such structures.
A ziggurat is what the people used to worship their gods...in the very top room people believe that the gods went up there to be closer to the people on land. see the link below for a picture of a ziggurat.
Ziggurat
The top of a ziggurat is called a capstone.
A ziggurat is a structure that has the shape of a pyramid with steps. At the top of this structure was a temple. This type of structure was built for gods in ancient Mesopotamia.
The top of a ziggurat is a flat platform. There are some instances where a temple or other ceremonial structure was placed on the platform but not all ziggurats had/have such structures.
shrine