I've heard that there were large pyramids in america, bigger than the pyramid of giza, egypt, is this true??

Question

There were pyramids larger than the giza pyramid, in south america and were seen from the space, is this true???

Answer 1

Yes, there are. The great pyramid of Cholula is listed in the Guiness book of world records as the largest pyramid in the world. It is located in Mexico.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Cholula

Answer 2

They could quite easily be man made. The Egyptians built the pyramids to honor their pharaohs and to help them get to the afterlife. They were an incredibly resilient people. Many methods have been demonstrated that would allow the slaves to transport the material. Others have shown how they would have carved the materials. Others have shown how they would have stacked them and fitted them using notches. They were also very good at mathematics. They would have used the stars to calculate due North. They could line it up with sticks placed vertically in the ground. To level the pyramids, they probably built a moat around the area, and then leveled off the area inside so that the water was even with the surface at all points. I think one important thing you are missing is their incredible man power. Societies today would shy away from a task like that, but they did it for honor and that was extremely important. Another important point is that it took them a VERY long time to construct just one pyramid, at least 25 years, likely 30. Today's technology could create a pyramid, quite easily. However, we don't possess the drive to undertake such a task. No, our cranes wouldn't be much use, but you get a tractor trailer and build some ramps and you are good to go. The Egyptians were neither stupid nor lazy, and we should respect their incredible manpower and will rather than defer the greatness of to 'Gods.'

Answer 3

The great pyramid of Egypt (Giza) is 480.9 feet tall and the base is 53,000 square meters

Great Pyramid of Cholula is only 217 feet tall but its base is 450x450 meters, or 202,500 square meters. Overall it is about 1/3 larger in mass then the Giza pyramid

so yes the American one is bigger, Egyptian taller

Answer 4

No, The Pyramid of Khufu at Giza is the largest structure of antiquity.

Answer 5

Those pyramids in Mexico and Central America are temples built unto the Lord.

Answer 6

I don't think any pyramids in the Americas are larger than Khufu in Egypt. Plus, they were stepped, which didn't take near the mathematical talent that the Egyptian ones did.

Answer 7

Yes. The Aztec city of Teotihuacan in Mexico, for instance. The Inca drawings or sculptures in Nazca can be seen from airplanes. The Mayan construction were not as large in scale as the other two.

Answer 8

If there were pyramids in the old Americas. Then they would've been Aztec/Mayan. And Aztec ziggurats are tiny compared to egyptian pyramids.

Answer 9

I don't think they are bigger ( Icould be wrong), they are certainly a couple of thousand of years younger too. They do exist however, in the Inca and Aztec civilisations.

Answer 10

yes theey were built by the mayas 300-900ad in central america