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Tag: Río Laja basin

Cañada de la Virgen: The San Miguel Pyramid That Rewrote History

Just fifteen minutes from centro San Miguel de Allende, Cañada de la Virgen quietly reshaped the historical map. Active between 540 and 1050 CE, this ceremonial complex was built as an artificial mountain aligned with solar, lunar, and Venusian cycles. More than a pyramid, it is a calendar in stone, revealing a sophisticated system of …

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