ANT210H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Nabta Playa, Graham Hancock, Egyptian Pyramids
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: it is the refugees from atlantis that went on to create and influence all the civilizations that exist today. E. g. the mayans, egyptians, indians, native americans and china. Mayan comparison claims that the egyptian and mayan pyramids are very similar h/w its actually very different. The mayan pyramids are actually temples; they have built in stair t. Hat takes you up to the temple. Mayans keep adding layers on to the temple at the end of each calendar year the egyptians only build their pyramids once and do not add on other layer. Mayan and egyptian pyramids are made in very different times and structures. Claim agriculture is common to all civilizations therefore had originated from one ancient civilization = / some european thinkers assume because agriculture was such a good discovery that it originated from south-west asia and that everyone learnt that from them this is wrong. Agriculture in fact occurred in different places at different times.
