helicopter hieroglyph

[oscar]

Originally Posted by paintballmarshal

both cultures built pyramid structures that have lasted for thousands of years. and both were sun worshippers. both cultures mummified their dead as well. is it all just coincidence?

Given the primitive times, It's a whopping big co-incidence considering the travel restrictions between continents.

[chonsigirl]

Many ancient cultures were sun centered in their religion, it would be a natural thing-the largest object in the sky. Aztec were more sun centered in their worship than Mayans.

Pyramids-Egyptian and Mayan pyramids are different. Egyptian ones were funerary and monuments to individual rulers, Mayan ones varied for religious importance depending on the city state. Alignments to celestial bodies differ also.

Both interesting cultures, but I do not think they all came from Egyptian influence.

Mummification-occurs in many cultures. In Egypt it was integrated into their religion. Mummification occurs in Incan culture, due to climatic conditions. The last Incan mummy they found, the young girl I think it was, she was a sacrifice. She wasn't intentionally mummified, but was due to the coldness up there in the Andes.

Oscar, it's not a big coincidence-how many different shapes could one make for large monuments? American pyramids are step pyramids too, and they etched some interesting things on those stairs........

[paintballmarshal]

i would say that it is entirely possible that the egyptians relocated to south america. it has been proven that they had sea faring ships capable of making the journey. the south american cultures appear after the fall of the ancient egyptian reign. settling in different parts of south america the cultures would after only a few generations lose much of the original knowledge but still keep much of the religious rituals alive. mummifing and building pyramid structures and worshippng the sun.

[paintballmarshal]

and its also a coincidence that both cultures made models of modern aerodynamically correct aircraft?

[chonsigirl]

Originally Posted by paintballmarshal

and its also a coincidence that both cultures made models of modern aerodynamically correct aircraft?

Only if you believe so.............I don't.

[paintballmarshal]

so u do agree that its not a coincidence.

[chonsigirl]

I say that they each thought of it themselves, man is that creative. And I did not say there were airplanes-the gold one is a zoomorph, I have not looked into the wooden artifact from Egypt.

[oscar]

Originally Posted by paintballmarshal

both cultures built pyramid structures that have lasted for thousands of years. and both were sun worshippers. both cultures mummified their dead as well. is it all just coincidence?

You seem to share one of my main Interests. I thought you may like to see a pic of the top shelf of my Display Cabinet? Click on the pic to enlarge and Yes, I do know the glass needs polishing

[Bryn Mawr]

Originally Posted by paintballmarshal

i would say that it is entirely possible that the egyptians relocated to south america. it has been proven that they had sea faring ships capable of making the journey. the south american cultures appear after the fall of the ancient egyptian reign. settling in different parts of south america the cultures would after only a few generations lose much of the original knowledge but still keep much of the religious rituals alive. mummifing and building pyramid structures and worshippng the sun.

Pyramid building was not a static art, in both areas the types of pyramids built and their functions evolved over time. If your theory was true then the start of pyramid building in South America would mimic the state of pyramid building in Egypt at that time and then there would be a divergance once the two cultures ceased communicating but this is not the case. Both regions have a linear evolution from simple beginnings through to complex endings with no evidence of seeding from across the pond.

Also, your comment about timings is not accurate - whilst the Toltec and Inca civilisations started after the fall of Ancient Egypt they were about a thousand years too late and the pyramids pre-date then by four millennia being about contempary with their Egyptian equivalents, starting about 5,000 years BP, possibly even pre-dating the Mayans who built many of the early examples.

[oscar]

Originally Posted by chonsigirl

I say that they each thought of it themselves, man is that creative. And I did not say there were airplanes-the gold one is a zoomorph, I have not looked into the wooden artifact from Egypt.

Model Airplane?

This may help Chons.