1 The pyramids of the Aztecs were very similar to those of the Maya. 2  The main difference was that the Aztec would sometimes build more than one temple on the top of a pyramid. 3  Many times new pyramids were built on top of old pyramids.
Broomhilda von Shaft is possibly the only character in movie history inspired by both German opera and blaxploitation cinema. Her namesake is Wagner's Brunnhilde, the valkyrie whom Siegfried awakens from a fire-ringed deep sleep.
The broom tree is actually a large desert shrub in the juniper family. There is a good write up on it at Botany Photo of the Day. Most of the time it is a collection of green twigs, ideal for a desert environment, but during the wet season it will put on small leaves, and even flower, as seen in the picture to the right. The biological name for the shrub is Ratema raetem.