Donate SIGN UP

Ancient Ruins of Mexico & Egypt

Avatar Image
dave_c | 15:34 Tue 07th Jun 2005 | History
7 Answers
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?)
Gravatar

Answers

1 to 7 of 7rss feed

Best Answer

No best answer has yet been selected by dave_c. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.

For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.

Erich von D�niken's explanation is quite... well judge for yourself!

http://skepdic.com/vondanik.html

Sorry to highjack your thread dave_c, but does anyone know how large aliens should be? Could they be as small as germs and virusses?

With the technology of the time, a stepped pyramid was a good way to build a large high structure.

I'm not aware of a similarity between Egyptian and South American hieroglyphs - can you elaborate?

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.
PS - sorry, just to expand on that, Teotihuacan is also in Mexico, near Mexico City, and not related to the Maya, who lived much later and in the south on the Yucatan peninsula.

Also try seeing what Graham Hancock has to say on the subject in his book 'The Fingerprints of the God'.  Have a look here

spudqueen - I assume your link should go to the author's website but his name has been censored!

1 to 7 of 7rss feed

Do you know the answer?

Ancient Ruins of Mexico & Egypt

Answer Question >>

Related Questions

Sorry, we can't find any related questions. Try using the search bar at the top of the page to search for some keywords, or choose a topic and submit your own question.