Download or read book Mysteries of the Mexican Pyramids written by Peter Tompkins and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1976 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Probes the history, origins, and purpose of the pyramids in the Valley of Mexico, Yucatan, and Central America, with emphasis on the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon near Mexico City. Recounts the history of these structures from their first sighting by Cortes as rubble-covered mounds through four centuries of efforts to solve the mystery of their existence.