(Credit: History for Granite, YouTube) Despite the pyramids of Giza in particular ... that are really only preceded by the works of the Sumerian and Akkadian people.

This neo-Sumerian structure is easily one of the most important archaeological sites on Earth. India is not exactly famous for its pyramids, yet it it still has a few. Brihadisvara Temple is one ...

the sphinx has disintegrated over the years, entire pieces dropping off to the desert floor below. It is not known to have chambers inside, like those found in the pyramids at Giza.

The pyramid was built over 5,000 years ago, even before the pyramids of Egypt and Mesopotamia, a time when archeologists had believed the Amazon was populated only by hunter-gatherers.