It is an entire continent by its own. A totally new set of beliefs and landscape approaches. The Aztec, Mayans, Olmecs, Nazcan, Toltecs, Incas. One succeeded the other. Some co-existed, but did not last long. However the common elements shared were the sacrificial buildings, temples to the gods. The abundance of gold and cocoa beans were also found there. Perhaps one of the most amazing and mysterious landscape is the nazca's geoglyphs. No one ever knows if it was done by human or even extra-terrestrial beings (erm...alien?) And also the question on whether the step pyramids of the central Americans have any connections with the pyramids of the Ancient Egyptians. What amazed is also the fact that all the mason work of the incas were carved so accurately to fit into each other as a single structure! Note that only simple tools were used at that time without the aid of modern machinery!
The Aztec and Incas were considered to be two of the last empires in central and south America before the Spanish conquistadors came. Such were a heavy lost for the world's heritages list! But everything comes and goes....Such were the way of nature...The flexibility of landscape and architecture too!!!
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This reminds me of 'Alien vs Predator'. The predators came to earth & became 'gods'. they help the humans build pyamids, in return, the humans sacrifice themselves to the 'gods' for their hunt... thats where the aliens came in. Aliens rocks & predators sucks Glenn!
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