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Ancient Ruins of Mexico & Egypt
What are the main theories behind the striking simarities (eg the similar looking pyramids/hieroglyphics etc.) between the Ruins located in Mexico & Egypt? (and too a much lesser extent the ruins in indochina?)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.they're not that similar. Mayan (Mexican) pyramids are more like steps up to a temple, whereas Egyptian ones contain tombs. Historically, I believe Egyptian ones developed from putting one tomb building on top of another, while Mexican ones started out as temples on small plinths - in each case, buildings were just built higher than their predecessors. The ones at Teotihuacan are more like Egyptian ones - square base - but there are only a handful, as the people who built them seem to have vanished. I think Pinotage is right: if early societies wanted to build high, step pyramids would have been the obvious way to do it.
Also try seeing what Graham Hancock has to say on the subject in his book 'The Fingerprints of the God'. Have a look here
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