 When Spanish invaders eventually settled down in Mexico, they reached Cholula and built a symbol of their conquest there known as Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Ramidosa. The Spanish built this atop of what they thought was a large hill with the best vantage point. They hadn't realized that the hill on which they built this church atop was in fact the Old Miley Cholula Pyramid. How this never dawn on the Spanish is just astonishing. Standing 450 meters wide and 66 meters tall from end to end, the Great Pyramid of Cholula is equivalent to nine Olympic-sized swimming pools. For an obscure temple no one's heard of, Cholula holds an impressive array of records. It's the largest pyramid on the planet with a base four times larger than the Great Pyramid at Giza and nearly twice the volume. Never mind the largest pyramid, it's the largest monument ever constructed anywhere by any civilization to this day. To locals it's aptly known as Tila Chilopetit, man-made mountain. Thanks to the church on top, it's also the oldest continuously occupied building on the continent. The story goes that until the locals began construction of an insane asylum in 1910, nobody knew it was a pyramid. Despite its enormous size, very little is known about the pyramid's early history. Its thought construction began around 300 BC by who exactly remains a mystery. According to myth, it was built by a giant. Most likely the city's inhabitants known as the Chuloteka were a cosmopolitan mix. The pyramid is described as the Russian doll of a construction consisting of no less than six pyramids, one atop the other, and it just so happens that it's conveniently located in the Mexican highlands and was an important trading post for thousands of years, linking the Chuloteka Chichi Mecca Kingdom in the north with the Mayan in the south. The huge construction is still covered with soil and vegetation today, and nobody really knows why it fell so far out of favor with people and even with the memories of people. But it can be hypothesized that this was due to an ancient cataclysmic event that affected the entire planet's cultures causing floods, earthquakes, and scenes of utter devastation across the globe. To understand what was going on in ancient times, why pyramids? Why everywhere? A new study of pyramids and their relationship with volcanoes has been proposed by our friend in academia, Stingen Vandenhoven, and we will of course link his paper below, so please check that out after the video. With this idea, Mr. Vandenhoven tries to understand why a whole world started building similar structures, ignoring the obvious most given answers and looking for a possible deeper meaning behind this worldwide phenomena. It starts with a first clue, Clue, Pira, Mid, which translates as fire in the middle. Ben-Bin was symbolic for primeval mound. The author struck on the idea while looking at a photo of the Chilula pyramid in Mexico, known as the largest Meso-American pyramid with the volcano in the backdrop. This sparked a quest to find out if that might have been of significance and it has proven to be so. Even though earlier researchers have suspected the pyramid to be related to the primordial mountain, as far as the author knows, no specific correlations have been put in paper in relation to volcanoes. According to Steven Meller, the word pyramid is derived from the Greek words Pyramidus and Pyramidus. The meaning of the word Pyramidus is obscure and may relate to the shape of a pyramid. The word Pyramidus has been translated as fire in the middle. In alignment with the indigenous tradition, we use the interpretation House of Nature, House of Energy, Per Netter. We know the ancients revere the primordial mountain as per Egyptian religion. The mountain reoccurs in many religions worldwide, often depicted with the pole star on top or a bird on top, like the bin bin bird or the winged sun disk seen on top of a tree. According to the Thunderbolts project, it was given different names in different cultures. The Egyptians knew it as the primordial mound, the Israelites as Sinai and Zion, and the Greeks as Olympus and Parnassus. Further afield, the Indians call the divine peak Meru or Su Meru. Mr. Vandenhoeven states that there is one very important link researchers and academics worldwide might have missed, which is the relation to the volcano. The pyramid, temples, temple mounds, and platforms that are linked and aligned to volcanoes across the globe. Why volcanoes? Well, this is the primordial mount, the joining of alchemyl fire and water to create new land or a possible destruction and deluge by volcanoes. Could it be that the deluge or destruction is commemorated with pyramids as centiphas and monuments such as a possible deluge or destruction of homeland? Or did the ancients see the phenomenon of death and destruction as the most powerful of nature's forces? Not only is the pyramid a representation of that primordial mount that rises from the sea, water and fire combined, it is also directly related to some of the world's largest pyramids. So obvious in plain sight as a background to the building, but not explicitly mentioned as related to it by any researcher. Not in relation to this subject in Mesoamerica and also not in a global relation in different countries worldwide like Bali, that was the volcano that caused the temple or pyramid to be built. Some pyramids and temples are directly positioned on or near such volcanoes, making it a small copy of the large mountain behind it, as seen in Mexico and Bali. An ocean apart with no culture links whatsoever according to conventional academic research. It definitely cannot be brushed aside and merely sneered to as just a coincidence. The Aztecs gave the name Micoculti, Street of the Dead, or Calzada de los Muertes in Spanish, to the broad street-like series of connected plazas in Teotihuacán. It points directly at the nearby sacred peak of Cielo Gordo, not any mountain, again, a volcano. The Street of the Dead was once erroneously thought to have been lined with tombs, but the low buildings that flank it probably were palace residents, and the author of this particular research does not believe the pyramids are the pyramids of the Sun and Moon. He suspects they represent the two large volcanoes southwest of Mexico City, and that the reason that the Street of the Dead connects to one pyramid is exactly that, because the volcanoes potentially could have caused massive death to a pre-civilization. The old Toltec city of Tula was on the other side of Mexico City, much closer to the volcanoes, and that the newer cities are deliberately further on the other side. Could Tijuana and Chilula be cities that came from Tula that was abandoned and destroyed by volcanic eruptions during a cataclysm? Could it be asserted that the true meaning of the pyramid shape is the volcanic mountain? Could that be the reason why they mimicked the two mountains as pyramids in Tijuana and linked the Street of the Dead directly to one pyramid? That thesis would require more proof to be validated and hold any academic grounds. The Salar de Arzarrio is home to one of the most spectacular natural formations, Cono de Arita. At first glance it looks like a pyramid, but it is in fact all natural volcano, which sits on a bed of salt. The cone stands over 400 feet above the sea of salt. There are many questions regarding the cone's origin, but some legends and archaeological clues indicate the natural formation could have been used as a ceremonial center prior to the arrival of the Inca civilization. Izapa is just another example where the site perfectly aligns to a nearby volcano and it is also laid out just east of true north with the exact alignment being 21 degrees east of north. It is aligned with the volcano Tacana and also seems to be situated to the December Solstice horizon. In Aztec mythology, E. Stax Iwato was a princess who fell in love with one of her father's warrior Popolkati Teppel. The emperor sent Popolkati Teppel to war in Oaxaca, promising him E. Stax Iwato as his wife when he returned. E. Stax Iwato was falsely told that Popolkati Teppel had died in battle and believing the news, she died of grief. When Popolkati Teppel returned to find his love dead, he took her body to a spot outside of Tenochtitlan and kneeled by her grave. The gods covered them with snow and changed them into mountains. E. Stax Iwato mountain is called White Woman because it resembles a woman lying on her back and is often covered with snow. The peak is sometimes nicknamed La Mujer Dormida, the sleeping woman. Popolkati Teppel became an active volcano, raining fire on earth in blind rage at the loss of his beloved. There is a sanctuary found atop Mount Tilaloc, dedicated to the god of the same name, and it is thought that the location of this sanctuary, in relation to other temples surrounding it, may have been a way for the Aztecs to mark the time of year and keep track of important ceremonial dates. Research has shown that different orientations linked to Mount Tilaloc revealed a grouping of dates at the end of April and beginning of May, associated with certain astronomical and meteorological events. Archaeological, ethno-historic, and ethnographic data indicate that these phenomena coincided with the soaring of maize in dry lands associated with agricultural sites. The precinct on the summit of the mountain contains five stones, which are thought to represent Tilaloc and his four Tilaloke, who are responsible for providing rain for the land. It also features a structure that housed a statue of the god in addition to idols of many different religious regions. Mount Tilaloc is the highest peak of the part of the Sierra Nevada called Sierra del Río Frío, that separates the valleys of Mexico and Puebla. It rises over two different ecological zones, Alpine Meadows and Sub Alpine Forest. The rainy seasons start in May and last until October. The highest annual temperature occurs in April, the onset of the rainy season, and the lowest in December and January. Some 500 years ago, weather conditions were slightly more severe, but the best time to visit the mountain was practically the same as today, October through December and February until the beginning of May. The date of the Feast of Huey Tezatli celebrates atop Mount Tilaloc coincided with a period of the highest annual temperature, shortly before dangerous thunderstorms might block access to the summit. The first detailed account of Mount Tilaloc by Jim Rickards in 1929 was followed by visits or descriptions by other scholars. In 1953, Wick and Horocatistus carried out preliminary archaeological investigations at the site and their conclusions were repeated by Parsons in 1971. Archaeoastronomical research began in 1984, some of which remains unpublished. In 1989, excavation was undertaken at the site by Solace in Townsend. The current damage that is present at the top of Mount Tilaloc is thought to be likely of human destruction rather than natural forces. There also appears to have been a construction of a modern shrine that was built in the 1970s, which suggests that there was a recent present attempt to conduct rituals on the mountain top. Another weird find is this, a man-made mini-volcano named El Volcan, which in the 1960s archaeologists had noted the volcano-like mound and identified it as artificial. This volcano is astonishing, a mound built by human hands with a crater dug out of the top, which some archaeologists are trying to figure out just what it was used for exactly. A crazy undertaking which must have had a purpose, one which has long forgotten about in our time. If we move from the Americas to Bali, we see also here an interesting volcanic link relation on the existing temples. The reason for Bali's temples on the slope of volcanoes or Cholula in front of volcano predates Hinduism and relates to the pyramid, or perhaps we are better to call it volcanic worship. The most important temple on Bali, Purobosaki, is located on the slopes of the Gunglung Angung volcano, where the gates of Purolampuyang Temple in Bali, again a volcano is framed perfectly in its view, identical to the Cholula Pyramid in Mesoamerica. So what about Egypt, the place famous for the pyramid builders? Egypt has no volcanoes, correct? It is no secret as Mr. Vandenhoven points out, the Egyptian god Patah was an earlier form of Ephesus or Vulcan, and again the volcano link is obvious. If this is established we can then ask ourselves why can we see similar cultural links between temples and pyramids since these cultures are not related according to academic scholars and just the easiest way to build a tall structure, as a dead-end answer with no further explanation offered. To date, besides empty sarcophagus, no pharaohs were ever found in their pyramid tomb, at least not in Egypt. In Mesoamerica, the find of King Pakhal and the Red Queen, who were both found inside their pyramid tombs. The answer to why pyramids were built, besides tombs for pharaohs, was never given nor were relations found anywhere in the world. Mr. Vandenhoven has shown that on numerous different sites, not only in the Americas but also in Bali, the nearby volcano was the reason for the construction of the pyramid and temples nearby. In the Egyptian region, a symbolic memorial tomb as a message to the future might explain the effort made to build these ancient wonders. If millions had previously died in a catastrophic volcanic event in the past, in this sense, the pyramids are warnings of catastrophic volcanic events. Is this another coincidence, or does a picture start to appear? The author goes on to further propose the vulture and the snake on the Tutankhamen death mask are the constellations Vega, vulture Candens, and Draco, successive polar star constellations, relations to Vega that even in modern times are related in our times, in the American eagle for example. Questions arise, why was the worldwide bird cult so important? A global volcanic cataclysm occurred in human history that later gave rise to pyramid monuments worldwide, and perhaps the memorial on Easter Island as close to a mother continent perhaps. Perhaps further excavations reveal more as there is a lot of soil deposited on the statues and the island as a whole. Scientists have proven increased volcanic activity occurred due to less pressure on the mantle from melting ice in the last ice age. This would have triggered volcanic eruptions and tsunamis worldwide, destroying civilization and causing worldwide death. A vulture would be the right image for Vega and basis for the bird and pyramid cult worldwide. The bird on the mountain, Vega, vulture Candens, and killing people on Mayan pyramids might be what Mayan priest symbolically reenacted dressed in bird costumes doing sacrifices. It might be why the priestess of Mu Egypt wore feathers from vultures, Mu's the motherland. Perhaps Atlantis was the homeland of the Egyptians. Pyramids are volcano representations and a symbolic remnant of a destroyed motherland as memorialized to their ancestors. Since an Egypt pyramid is Mer, there is the Sudanese Miro culture, Meru. Su Meru means good Meru. There is even a volcano named Su Meru on Java, believe it or not, suggesting if Egypt was part of Atlantis, that Atlantis must have been a global empire. According to Will Durant, civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice. The effects of the last great eruption that created the modern shape of Santorini, probably one of the most violent in European history, on people and society at the time, was and still is, debated. In 1930, the Greek archaeologist Spyridon Maranatus discovered the remains of the ancient port city of Santorini, referred as Akrotiri, burned under the volcanic deposits. The archaeological digs revealed that Akrotiri was an important outpost of the Minoan civilization, with its cultural center on the island of Crete, distance just 74 miles from Santorini. Like Pompeii, the volcanic deposits preserved the city, however unlike Pompeii, no bodies were found. The inhabitants apparently evacuated the city in time, never to return. Carbon dating of burned wood recovered from the ruins give a date from the eruption around 1600 to 1627 BC. The eruption was so violent that it generated a series of tsunami waves hitting the coast of the large island of Crete. Some authors have suggested that this widespread destruction caused by the eruption inspired also the myth of Atlantis. Greek philosopher Plato writes around 350 BC that 9,000 years earlier, there occurred violent earthquakes and floods, and in a single day and night of misfortune, all your warlike men in a body sank into the earth, and the island of Atlantis in like manner disappeared in the depths of the sea. Greek seismologist Angelos Gallinopoulos noted in 1956 that the surface area given by Plato for Atlantis is almost 10 times the surface of Santorini before the eruption. Supposedly, sometime in history, a zero too much was added to the story, so if we assume 900 years instead of 9,000, the real date of the eruption fits better, even if not exactly, with Plato's given date. However, there is no direct evidence to link the destruction of Santorini with the supposed tragic fate of Atlantis, and anyway, Plato's writings were of political philosophical nature and not meant as historical accounts. The Nile, Nila for blue and Sanskrit, the lotus flower, the cobra has led the author to suspect that Egypt was a Vedic colony. The oldest worship is Agni or fire altars, which would pretty much fit in with a volcano. What if the global pyramid cultures only started after leaving the Asian Vedic motherland as remnant of the volcanic deluge and dispersed in direction of Ireland, Europe, Greece, Egypt, Peru and India, and ceded the globe hints the similarities in culture and the globally seen staff deity for Ophiuchus, Orion's Hercules, exact 180-degree counterpart in the sky. Above him sits the real Hercules, again, but Hercules occurs in multiple places in the zodiac, for example, also one of the twin's Gemini. Vega the vulture and aquella the eagle are basis for the US eagle and the double-headed eagle of Freemason and Garuda. As you guys can see, a picture starts to form. Many names in Tiohuaku have Sanskrit links, Kala, Time and Vera Man, Kocha, Mix Ancestry are some of them. It would explain the similar reed boats found in Egypt, Indus Valley and Lake Titicaca, Peru. The Erosageta near Vega killed the Cyclops in Greek myth, the single eyes. Writer Richard Casero thought the Cyclops was the bendy wearers. This could then well be another reference to the Vedic Asian homeland destruction of the Magalithic pre-civilization. There are stories how a single arrow with fire at its end, referring to a comet, destroyed the three cities. Perhaps a comet impact triggered the volcanoes. The Danavas, including Maya, were present at the time Taipura was fuming. The torment caused by Taipura was unbearable that the Devas asked Shiva to kill him. He did by using a single arrow. The killing of Taipura by Shiva was described as Taipura Samahara. The exact process of killing is described in the Sengam Tamal text called Paratatl, which is an exact description of the destruction caused by a volcano. Shiva killed Taipura with the mountain as the arrow and the snakes, mantle, magma as the string. He blew the three fortresses of iron, silver and gold, molten material, by shooting a single arrow which has fire at its end. The snakes, as we told before, personify the magma trying to come out. This describes the sudden and powerful eruption of fire and mantle from inside the mountain volcano, which resulted in the complete collapse of the volcano. Of course, this is worth further research and considering the link between volcanoes and pyramids as a deep-rooted message to further mankind that was the basis for a cult that came after such a deluge. It might have been a basis for a global pyramid and Temple Mount culture. A Temple Mount culture that later had the gods on top in form of constellations and resulted in our modern age religion of one god. The original message and warning and the reasons of the pyramids and Marusha temples lost in time. The countdown at Giza of the astronomical clock, what do you guys think is going on? Are pyramids and volcanoes connected across the globe? Comments below and as always, thank you for watching.