The Maya are not from Egypt. That was a separate culture perhaps, if one believes, also an offspring of Atlantis. I believe they sprang up at the same time, just like you do (writer of article). 3000 BCE does not sound unreasonable considering the so called classic period keeps being pushed back. What once was stated as starting around 200 AD, is now being revised to at least, 400 BCE, due to knew discoveries in places like San Bartolo. When you consider the intricacy of the glyphs, etc., it is hard to come away thinking they were developed over such a short period of time.

I am beginning to suspect that we learned (probably through the Vatican) so much from all the books they supposedly burned, but probably took to Rome to be studied. They may have burned some of them, but most likely more than four survived, being studied secretly since the beginning of the age of enlightenment. One thing is for sure though, without the great bounty of food from the Americas, Human Progress would be not as dynamic! The Irish and the potato can tell you that!