Mexico And Giza Comparison

The cities of Cairo, Egypt and Yucatan, Mexico are home to some of the most remarkable structures of architecture within the ancient world. Such structures as the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt and the El Castillo in Mexico. These two structures are located miles apart from one another on two vastly different continents. However, both share similarities within their structural shape. But differ in their overall structural design and purpose within their civilizations.
The structural shape between the Great Pyramid of Giza and the El Castillo are very similar. The shape between the two fall under the pyramidal structure design within architecture. The pyramidal structure was first seen way back during the fourth dynasty (Mark). This specific type of structure consists of having a square or rectangular shaped base; or almost any polygon shaped base. From the base, there are usually 3 or more triangular style slopes that are angled upwards and inwards towards a highpoint that is located above the base of the structure. Due to the triangular style shape of pyramidal structures, the weight from the structure is spread out towards the bottom near the base. This part of pyramids feature results in helping stabilize them from failing and collapsing. …show more content…
Both structures consist of having a base with a square shape. From their bases, all of their sides resemble a triangular shape that are angled upwards and inwards towards a specific highpoint that is located above the base. While they are shown to have similar pyramidal shapes, both structures are made up of mostly limestone that was easily accessible to them within their locations. Even though the both structures have such similarities within their structural shapes, they differ greatly when it comes to their overall purpose and