egypt has the pyramids,s.america has mayan,aztec,incan,toltec,olmec cultures and massive cities,what does n.america have?surely there are some ancient ruins somewhere,or have we possibly built over such cultures?seems to me dinosaurs are the main attractions here.am i wrong?

isn't there lots of old stuff in the midwest??

Hundreds of pyramids can be found in NORTH America.

In the past the Ice Sheet covered most of north america making it pretty hostile to live in. The best place to live at that time was the Gulf of Mexico.


Mexico is in the North Americas.

Yes the cliff dwellings of the southwest, both anazazi and other peoples are quite an experience. If anyone ever gets to the 4 corners region I highly recomend Mesa Verde national park.
Thats about it, the other cultures in north america that rose to a high degree of sophistication, didnt build with stone materials, so thier citiies did not last. There was a very advanced, for the time, culture that thrived along the Missippi river, I'm thinking about 2000 BC might have been later, that covered so much territory it had to cross tribal lines.
They left behind large mounds and other earthen structures.
The one thing about north america is that it was an easy living in general, and very easy in california. There wasnt nearly the enviromental pressure or population pressures that drive the devlopment of more advanced societies.
When you look at central and south america, you get very advanced and sophiticated cultures arising in areas that fostered intense competition for resources. And this gave rise to nation states and the ability to gather and pool the rescources nessecary for the grand building projects of the empires of central and south america.
There might not be ancient wonders here, but there is a rich history of the first north americans.
There are pictographs carved in the rocks of a local river bluff. I know of places where people have been living/passing through for thousands of years.
There is a trail I know of that is probably been there as long as people have been in the area
And then theres the odd rune stone or celtic cairn but those are usually dismissed as hoaxes or misdentification.

The Pueblos in Taos, New Mexico are a fascinating place to visit. They are about 1000 years old. Unlike other ancient sites around the world which are in ruins, the Taos pueblos are still inhabitted and maintained just as they were centuries ago.

The Nazga lines are on the North American continent......let alone ALL of MezoAmerica.
PLEEEZ

The Anasazi ruins are so vast and encompassing on the South West its mind blowing!! This was a huge & thriving culture.....you can still see the roads they built all over the place in 4 corners...

I cant even believe the OP started this thread....

weird thread.

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