Also in the Nazca desert of Peru lay a series of geoglyph lines, called the Nazca Lines, which can only be seen from the sky. The Nazca lines are believed to have been created by the Nazca culture between 400 and 650 AD. The hundreds of figures range from simple lines to complex configurations of hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, fish, sharks, orcas, and lizards. The largest of these figures are over 660 feet (200m) across. The local legend involves the landing of strange men near Ecuador. According to this legend these strangers or giants, founded a site that, because of the cisterns, matches the places of the Ica-Nasca region.
The Cholula pyramid in Puebla, Mexico is 180 feet high (55m) with a base of 1,300 by 1,300 feet (400m by 400m). Volume wise it is the largest pyramid anywhere in the world. Cholula is actually seven overlaid pyramids built one on top of the other over six centuries, believed to have been built by the Aztecs beginning at the third century BC. The myths involving The Great Pyramid of Cholula is reminiscent of the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel. According to the legend before the Great Flood, which took place four thousand years after the creation of the world, the land was inhabited by giants. When the waters had receded, one of the seven giants named Xelhua, the Architect, came to Cholula to build an artificial hill in the shape of a pyramid. It was his goal to reach the sky, but the gods hurled fire down from heaven on the pyramid and many of the workmen perished, and the building remained unfinished. A similar legend involved giants who decided to …show more content…
In the days of old the descendants of Ram were mighty men who, dissatisfied with their mastery of earth, aspired to conquer heaven. So they began to build a tower to reach the sky. The gods and demons feared these giants would become masters of heaven, so they confounded their speech and scattered them to the four corners of the
The Cholula pyramid in Puebla, Mexico is 180 feet high (55m) with a base of 1,300 by 1,300 feet (400m by 400m). Volume wise it is the largest pyramid anywhere in the world. Cholula is actually seven overlaid pyramids built one on top of the other over six centuries, believed to have been built by the Aztecs beginning at the third century BC. The myths involving The Great Pyramid of Cholula is reminiscent of the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel. According to the legend before the Great Flood, which took place four thousand years after the creation of the world, the land was inhabited by giants. When the waters had receded, one of the seven giants named Xelhua, the Architect, came to Cholula to build an artificial hill in the shape of a pyramid. It was his goal to reach the sky, but the gods hurled fire down from heaven on the pyramid and many of the workmen perished, and the building remained unfinished. A similar legend involved giants who decided to …show more content…
In the days of old the descendants of Ram were mighty men who, dissatisfied with their mastery of earth, aspired to conquer heaven. So they began to build a tower to reach the sky. The gods and demons feared these giants would become masters of heaven, so they confounded their speech and scattered them to the four corners of the