Definition of CURETTE. : a surgical instrument that has a scoop, ring, or loop at the tip and is used in performing curettage. cuÂ·rette also cuÂ·ret \kyuÌ-Ëret\. ADVERTISEMENT. a surgical instrument that has a scoop, ring, or loop at the tip and is used in performing curettage. cuÂ·rette also cuÂ·ret \kyuÌ-Ëret\.
The Mesoamerican region's largest pyramid by volume, the largest in the world by volume is the Great Pyramid of Cholula in the Mexican state of Puebla. It is also known as Tlachihualtepetl - Nahuatl for artificial mountain. The Aztecs believed that Xelhua built the pyramid.
The Maya, another dominant civilization of Mesoamerica, made temple-pyramids the glorious centers of their great stone cities. One of the most famous, the magnificently carved Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque (Mexico), was a funerary monument to the seventh century king Hanab Pakal.