Thursday Word: Teocalli

[calzephyr]

Teocalli - noun.

Teocallis are terraced, Mesoamerican pyramids where important rituals occurred. A temple sits at the top of the pyramid.

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[full_metal_ox]

And which the Mesoamericans built all by themselves without extraterrestrial assistance, thank you very much.

(Stock footage and question marks are so much cheaper than research, which is one reason that sort of breathless hoohah has overgrown what were originally supposed to be educational cable channels.)

[calzephyr]

LMAO I watched whatsisface's Netflix series and it would have absolutely enraptured me as a 12 year old :-D Fortunately I have a much more critical mind these days :-)

[prettygoodword]

+1 would look up again

[calzephyr]

Sweet! I actually came across the word in an article about a long-lost teocalli in Mexico--https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgw553/archaeologists-discovered-a-lost-ancient-temple-of-legend-in-mexico