Comparing The Machu Picchu And The Pyramid Of The Sun

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The Machu Picchu shows the Inca background while the Pyramid of the Sun shows the Teotihuacan. These two are very different groups and clash in many ways that they lived. They also had the Mother Goddess Coatlicue is different than The Temple of Quetzalcoatl because of the faces and designs that are on there. They are not similar because of the types of animals used. In the Mother Goddess Coatlicue there is a snake with a skeleton while the other has Chinese looking dragon heads on it. The culture that the Mummy of a boy shows the diverse looking clothes and hair. The dolls are more vintage and made of what was around unlike today.

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