The pyramid of Aztec and Egyptian civilization . How do you think two civilizations living in the opposite sides of an ocean ended up with similar structures. Explain your theory . n. Write their similarities and differences.
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Whenever I go south to Mexico, I marvel at the monumental stone structures, which reach toward heaven, that were left behind by the Maya. When I went to Egypt, I stood at the base of pyramids that point toward the sky and contemplated the cosmology of the Pharaonic civilization that built them.
Even though many centuries elapsed between the construction of the Egyptian and earliest Mexican pyramids, was there a connection between the two pyramid-building people, I wondered? Stories circulate about coca leaves found in Egyptian tombs, aliens bringing knowledge to both Egypt and the Maya, and even a common connection to Atlantis, but they seem to be just stories; there is no scientific evidence.
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I decided to approach the question another way. I recently took a trip to Mexican ruins accompanied by a Mexican Mayanologist and archeologist named Yolanda Ruanova and Manal Saad, an Egyptian-born Egyptologist and historian. "Is there a connection?" I asked them.
Yolanda, who is a well-known and much-esteemed tour operator and guide, planned the trip for us. We started out at Comalcalco, in Villahermosa, where the special characteristic of the Maya site is that cooked bricks were used in the construction. They were covered in stucco made from clay and oyster shells, and the shells were also used in the binding of the bricks.
We climbed up to the main palace. "Wow!" Manal exclaimed. I thought she was referring to the porch, vaulted ceilings, and circular walls that Yolanda showed us, but she was overcome by the lush, tropical foliage around the site. "The Egyptians built in the desert," she mused. "This is so green! In Dendra, north of Luxor, there is a temple for the cow goddess Hathor. It is the only temple in good enough condition that you walk on it. You look out and see the desert, the dust, and then, in the distance, the green banks of the Nile. Being here reminds me of that green."
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Then, of course, she spoke about the archeology. "The palace is fascinating," she offered. "Ramses III had a palace on the West Bank of the Nile that was similar. Both of them are built close to holy places and temples." As we climbed down to look at the images and figures on the exterior of the Temple of the Masks, Manal stopped and pointed. "This face looks like the Egyptian god Bes; his face was put on the two sides of a headrest to chase away bad dreams. This was just one of his characteristics. He was the only Egyptian god who was carved full-face, just as we are seeing here."
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