Piramide din intreaga lume

Piramidele, de fiecare data cand sunt mentionate, ne duc cu gandul la faraoni si la Egipt. Despre motivul pentru care au fost construite aceste piramide s-au scris si inca se mai scriu multe carti. In timp ce aceste mistere raman nerezolvate, in intreaga lume exista piramide antice si moderne care ne atrag datorita misticului care le inconjoara. Structura piramidelor ce nu se afla in Egipt nu imita in totalitate pe cea a piramidelor ridicate de egipteni, deoarece forma si stilul difera de la un loc la altul.

Piramidele din Egipt

Cu exceptia Marii Piramide din Egipt, mai exista peste 100 alte piramide de diferite marimi. Piramida lui Djoser a fost construita in timpul faraonului cu acelasi nume, intre anii 2630 si 2611 I Hr. ca un mare mausoleum pentru conducator. Mormintele fostilor faraoni erau plate, pline de namol, dar arhitectul lui Djoser, Imhotep, a venit cu idea pentru ceva mult mai atractiv si mai durabil: o piramida din trepte, alcatuite din calcar, de mai bine de 60m inaltime. Imhotep, un cunoscut vindecator, a fost venerat mai tarziu ca zeu al medicinei in cultura greco-romana.

Hernán(do) Cortés, Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca

Hernán(do) Cortés, Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca (1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish explorer, military commander, and colonizer whose daring conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico for Spain in 1521 led to the eventual subjugation and effective elimination of native American culture in Mesoamerica.

Cortés adopted methods in the conquest of Mexico like those of other Conquistadors, including torture, the capture of indigenous leaders, and large-scale destruction of lives and property in the quest for gold and other riches. Nevertheless, many argue that he dealt with the natives more humanely than did his successors. Cortes was an efficient soldier and administrator who demonstrated relative restraint during the conquest, sought to make peace with Indian tribes, resisted slavery, issued edicts against human sacrifice, and sought peaceful conversion of Indians to the Christian faith. Cortés hoped to acquire a productive province informed by Christian principles, not a slave state administered by rapacious overlords.

Have archaeologists found the legendary lost city of gold?

During his conquest of the Americas, Hernan Cortes learned of a mysterious lost city adorned with golden statues and vast riches. Cuidad Blanco, known as the birthplace of the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, was said to lie hidden somewhere amidst the dense jungle of Honduras’ Mosquito Coast. And as the legend grew, many explorers searched for it in vain. But now, scientists using a high tech method known as “laser mapping” believe they may have discovered the remains of the mythological “White City.”