Re:Aztec Diamond
by samatman on Thursday July 28, 2022 @08:10PM
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I disagree, the Pyramid of the Sun is the third largest pyramid after two at Giza, is near Mexico City, and has been well known for longer than the impressive Maya pyramids, which were buried in jungle and remain fairly far from population centers.
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The Pyramid of the Sun and the other pyramids of Teotihuacan actually predate the Aztecs by over a thousand years - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teotihuacan
That's true. It's still the case that the Aztec are famous for it, and for other pyramids, most notably the Templo Mayor, which was destroyed (and good riddance) to build Mexico City's cathedral.
"Acshually, the Pyramid of the Sun is pre-Aztec!" is a bit like insisting the Coliseum isn't Italian. It's not that it's wrong, just autistic and annoying.
Re:Aztec Diamond
by umanwizard on Friday July 29, 2022 @07:33AM
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FWIW, I agree with the other poster in that I don’t associate Teotihuacán with the Aztecs, and I think your rudeness is misplaced.
The analogy to the Coliseum is imprecise, because the Italians are the descendants of the ancient Romans, rather than a new group who migrated in later. A better analogy would be saying that the Hagia Sophia isn’t Turkish, and indeed I’d argue that it isn’t.