Research strives to find ‘most logical’ reasons for famous geometric shape
The high and towering pyramid shape of the buildings is hardly accidental, a new study has revealed, digging into the sacred ideas that the iconic shape had for pre-Columbus Americans.
Researchers with the National Institute of Anthropology and History in Mexico (INAH) have come to believe that the signature pyramids built by America’s indigenous tribes, including the Maya and Aztecs, were purposefully made to emulate naturally occurring landscapes like hills and mountains, a press release published on the institute’s website suggests.
