@d.esanchez3351

3 months ago

I'm a Mexican history student. One of my professor is an archeologist who helped unearth the Tajin complex.
He put emphasis in the fact that Mesoamericam pyramides aren't in fact... Pyramids. They told everyone that those are temples, but the government calls them pyramids to increase tourism there. Wich lead to the term "pyramidiots", coined by him.

Basically, there is absolutely no relation whatsoever between the Egyptian/sudanese pyramids and the mseoamerican ones. Not in function, aesthetics, methods or shape. Except the fact that they are built with a wide base and small top because you know... Gravity and lack of steel is a thing. (I mean by that definition the Empire state is a pyramid).

Mesoamerican pyramids are temples who where often at the center of the settlements, had constant ritual proposes and all have stairs to get to the top to check the stars or rip someone's heart or whatever. Temples where usually adorned with engravings, and other architectural aesthetic stuff I don't know the name in English, sorry. But you know... Stuff.

Basically they're way way more similar to ziggurats or Hindu temples than to the Egyptian massive tombs.

Also, he told us that the government sometimes manipulates information to make it more appealing despite being wrong or imprecise in other aspects.

Going back to the Tajin site for example, it's common knowledge and spread knowledge that it's a totonac settlement because the totonac people live there... And... It's not. It's way older than the totonac people, who migrated not that long before the Spanish conquer. That settlement is from a very old unidentified culture with no other related sites (as far as my very small knowledge about it goes).
Nowadays it's like the cultural centerpiece for totonac culture and it's the sport for a very important cultural event (I mean it was cultural, nowadays it's like a normal festival but still).

So... Check out for government miss information.

This comment doesn't target anyone or tries to proof anything. I just like to talk about our stuff... Except the government, it's against them XD.

Anyways come to Mexico and see our pyratemples. They're great. You can climb to some of them (take that Egypt). Just please don't go dressed in white to capture the cosmic energy, cringe. Also we have bigger (by volume) ones than Egypt so... Yeah.
Also also El Tajin is great, and the totonac people are super cool so if you come here just pretend el Tajin is totonac and watch their stuff and buy their handmade stuff (obviously be aware of scams).

Viva Mexico.

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