This has to do with history. Which is older, the Pyramid's in Egypt or the Mayan Pyramids?

Question

By how many years or centuries? That will help me with my next question. Who came up with the first calender? I know of the Aztec calender, or are the Mayans the one that came first with the calender.

Answer 1

The Egyptian pyramids are older, by over 1,000 years.

I believe the Sumerians came up with the first calendar.

The Mayan culture emerged relatively recently, the classic Mayan monuments date essentially from the period of 250 - 900 CE. The Aztecs were even more recent, arising after the collapse of Mayan civilization, so their calendar and much of the rest of their culture was heavily influenced by Mayan models.

Although the Mayan culture emerged much more recently, for unknown reasons the Mayan calendar begins around 3100 BCE.

Answer 2

The mayans were ahead of their time, but they didn't make the first calendar. The pyramids in Egypt are quite a bit older than the Mayan pyramids.

Answer 3

I'm not sure we even know how old the pyramids are but what I do know is that the Egyptian pyramid built by the pharaoh Khufu from c. 2589 - 2566 bc predated the first of the Mayan structures by some 1500 years.

Answer 4

I believe that both of the civilizations began at about the same time in prehistory. They developed at different rates, each reaching their zeniths at different times. The Egyptian Pyramid is older than the mayan- the Egyptians having reached techonological heights before the mayans.

Answer 5

the pyramids in Egypt are older by 1,000 years. I also read something that said the Mayans are desendents of the Egyptians but I do not know how accurate that is