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When I visited the ancient temple ruins of Angkor Wat in Cambodia as a TBM, I couldn't help but wonder why there was so much similarity in the architecture of these Hindu believers and those of ancient Mayan civilization. Obviously, I'm not the only person who may have wondered the same thing. Here is a little blurb with comparison pictures for your reading pleasure:

http://www.richardcassaro.com/2011/03



The Mayan calendar also happens to corroborate with Hindu prophecies. http://hinduism.about.com/od/basics/a/goldenage.htm

Both the people of SE Asia and Maya manufactured bark paper in similar fashion. Apparently Michael Coe has written a book on the subject. http://wikibin.org/articles/hindu-mayan-connection.html

The ancient Mexican game of Patolli was similar in details to the game of Panchisi played in India and the whole region of Southern Asia.

otus is one of the most sacred symbols in India even today. Hinduism is essentially embodied in the lotus. One of the most frequent motifs of early Indian art is the lotus plant. Interestingly, the same kind of lotus motif occurs in America at Chichen Itza (Mexico) as a border in the reliefs of the lower room of the Temple of the Tigers.

The Mexican ritual of Volador practiced in Mexico and Peru is very similar to Charak Puja festival in India.

Other parallels:

Parasol as a Symbol of Royalty
Thrones and Palanquin
Use of Zero
Use Elephant in Sculpture

http://indiamahesh.wordpress.com/2010/0 ... onnection/

I think you will find the Mayan "elephant" was a parrot

zeezrom wrote:When I visited the ancient temple ruins of Angkor Wat in Cambodia as a TBM, I couldn't help but wonder why there was so much similarity in the architecture of these Hindu believers and those of ancient Mayan civilization. Obviously, I'm not the only person who may have wondered the same thing. /

I'm surprised Z that a man of your background doesn't see the obvious reasons why stepped pyramids look similar. If one doesn't know much about engineering, the easiest way to build a tall building is to put one stable box on top of another. Getting succeedingly smaller as one goes up.

Egyptian pyramids started out the same way. They just decided to smooth out the steps in later models.

Quasimodo wrote:I'm surprised Z that a man of your background doesn't see the obvious reasons why stepped pyramids look similar. If one doesn't know much about engineering, the easiest way to build a tall building is to put one stable box on top of another. Getting succeedingly smaller as one goes up.

Egyptian pyramids started out the same way. They just decided to smooth out the steps in later models.

I'm trying to build a case here and you guys are wrecking it.

My case: Lehi actually came from Mahājanapada.

zeezrom wrote:

Quasimodo wrote:I'm surprised Z that a man of your background doesn't see the obvious reasons why stepped pyramids look similar. If one doesn't know much about engineering, the easiest way to build a tall building is to put one stable box on top of another. Getting succeedingly smaller as one goes up.

Egyptian pyramids started out the same way. They just decided to smooth out the steps in later models.

I'm trying to build a case here and you guys are wrecking it.

My case: Lehi actually came from Mahājanapada.

Sorry, I should have seen where you were going with this. It's a good theory! It explains why the natives of both civilizations are now called 'Indians'.

zeezrom wrote:When I visited the ancient temple ruins of Angkor Wat in Cambodia as a TBM, I couldn't help but wonder why there was so much similarity in the architecture of these Hindu believers and those of ancient Mayan civilization.

Just one of god's evidentiary Trojan Horses, to try to throw people off that might be trying to figure out truth using their brains instead of their indigestion.

Quas,

Let's add "Indians" to the list of parallels!

SP,

sock puppet wrote:Just one of god's evidentiary Trojan Horses, to try to throw people off that might be trying to figure out truth using their brains instead of their indigestion.

Maybe the Book of Mormon references to the Middle East are part of God's Trojan Horse.

Quasimodo wrote: It's a good theory! It explains why the natives of both civilizations are now called 'Indians'

Apparently Wikibin accepts anything that is submitted.

zeezrom wrote:I'm trying to build a case here and you guys are wrecking it.

My case: Lehi actually came from Mahājanapada.

How about this scenario?

http://www.wherewasmormon.com/page31.html