They didn't really need pyramids. What they needed was to be mummified and preserved. According to their belief, without a mummified body that was kept safe they could not enjoy an afterlife. Pyramids were built only for a short period, relatively speaking, early in the history of ancient Egypt.
The Olmecs.
Most Egyptologists accept that the pyramids were all built by members of one family; 4th dynasty rulers. Khufu built the first of the pyramids, the Great Pyramid, his son Kafre built a second one (as well as possibly the Spinx), and Kafre's son Menkaure built the third. There are more esoteric theories that space aliens built the pyramids, or that survivors of the doomed Mediterranean civilization of Atlantis built them. However, these theories are largely rejected, and have the added disadvantage of being largely motivated by prejudice, and the accompanying belief that an ancient African civilization could not possibly be responsible for building one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
The Egyptians, the Incas, the Aztecs, ect.
The Aztec ruler had great structures built, similar to the Egyptian rulers. They also made laws and headed the military of the civilization.
The Egyptian civilization was best known for construction magnificent temples and pyramids.
Yes, Mayan pyramids were man-made structures built by the ancient Maya civilization. These pyramids were used for various purposes including religious ceremonies, astronomical observations, and as tombs for rulers or high-ranking individuals.
Pyramids were built to keep grave robbers out and to preserve the pharaohs of Egypt's mummified bodies and to give them a better after life.
They didn't really need pyramids. What they needed was to be mummified and preserved. According to their belief, without a mummified body that was kept safe they could not enjoy an afterlife. Pyramids were built only for a short period, relatively speaking, early in the history of ancient Egypt.
The Olmecs.
Triangular pyramids are built that way because water was thought as acid to the mummified Pharaohs, so if it rained the pharaohs were safe.
They built the pyramids because pharaohs believed they would rule their land after their death so they built themselves magnificent tombs . These tombs are the huge pyramids .
They built the pyramids because pharaohs believed they would rule their land after their death so they built themselves magnificent tombs . These tombs are the huge pyramids .
egyptians and the zapotec and mayans
The Mayan civilization did.
Most Egyptologists accept that the pyramids were all built by members of one family; 4th dynasty rulers. Khufu built the first of the pyramids, the Great Pyramid, his son Kafre built a second one (as well as possibly the Spinx), and Kafre's son Menkaure built the third. There are more esoteric theories that space aliens built the pyramids, or that survivors of the doomed Mediterranean civilization of Atlantis built them. However, these theories are largely rejected, and have the added disadvantage of being largely motivated by prejudice, and the accompanying belief that an ancient African civilization could not possibly be responsible for building one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Mesoamerica is like Egypt because they believed in the afterlife and they mummified their people. They also built pyramids.