Ancient Greeks in America?

These pictures are from Central America. They prove - in my opinion - the existance of Ancient Greeks and their influence on the most important civilizations of the America in ancient times.
My question is very simple: Nobody has ever looked at these evidences which exists in almost all the archaeological areas of America?  

Yep, pinguin is right, symbols like meanders and swastikas are so basic they cannot possibily constitute evidence for contact.

Also the buildings you posted are in Puuc style, which is from the late classic and early postclassic, about 800-1200, which is centuries later than Classical Greece.

Furthermore if Greeks and Mayas had contact with each other, why didn't Mayas use the arch and Greeks the zero.

Finally if Greeks would have travelled to Mesoamerica and influenced the Mayas that heavily, they would have brought old world deseases with them. Since only after 1492 influenza, measles, etc. caused mass deaths amongst the indigenous population of the Americas it is clear intensive pre-1492 contact did not happen.

Oh, my god somebody has been watching Liakopoulos


(For non-Greeks he is a well-known ultra-nationalist/conspiracy maniac that sells crazy books about Greek supremacy etc etc

Tkoletsis:

Originally posted by pinguin Tkoletsis: The Ancient American civilizations had many similarities with cultures around the world, which don't mean contact but just parallel developments. I will name you a few.   (1) In Mesoamerica the amate paper tradition developed in parallel with China. The lacquer was also invented in Mesoamerica and China, and ideographic writing as well. Jade is use in both China and Mesoamerica, and there are even some similarities in style. Hunging bridges existed in both regions as well.   (2) Mesoamerica and India had several things in common as well. Both invented the number zero, for instance -although Mesoamericans got it earlier-. In Mesoamerica and India you find games very similar to parchesi. Even more, Skri-Lanka and Peru knew the wind furnace to melt metals.   (3) Egypt and the Ancient Andes shared the "Titicaca-style" weed boats. Egyptian wall painting and ancient Maya has certain stylistic things in common.   (4) Easter Island platforms and Peruvian walls stone working are similar in style.   (5) Peru and Rome where large militare and highway making empires.   With respect to Greece, there are also similarities in certain inventions.   (a) Alexandrian Greeks and Ancient Incas knew the concave mirrors to light fire.   (b) Ancient Peruvians and the same Alexandrians also knew water presure toys, that whistle.   In all these cases what we see is parallel invention and developments. The chronologies don't match, and there is no evidence at all of contact.

you beat me to the punch penguin, good show.

Originally posted by Julius Augustus ... you beat me to the punch penguin, good show.

Yeap. Parallel inventions were many.

Sorry but i think that these pictures have many times increased value than just personal opinions.

Mayans were also a literate people, and now specialists can read mayan hierogliphs, so theirs history has emerged from the shadows. And nowhere in Mayan records there are Greeks nor other alliens from across the seas.

Edited by pinguin - 04-May-2008 at 04:22