Clearly it seems likely that cultural contact between the Ancient Egyptians and Ancient Mayans took place across the oceans and interfused some of the beliefs and customs between the two civilisations. Recent research from various sources suggests that trading links existed between Egypt and Mexico.
Ancient Egyptian tomb paintings, from the time of the fourth dynasty Pharaohs in around 2600 BC, depict paintings of papyrus reed boats that many believed capable of carrying crews, cargoes and legends from the old world of Egypt to the new world of central America.
The Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl believed that these primitive boats could survive transoceanic passages. To prove this point he journeyed to Lake Chard, in the African interior, acquiring the skills to build a boat, along the lines of those in the tomb paintings, which would cope with the long sea journey. Assembling a crew of seven, he set sail from the West African port of Safi, in Morocco, in a papyrus reed boat named Ra (after the Egyptian Sun-"god"😉, which was 13.7 metres (45 feet) long, 4.6 metres (15 feet wide) and 1.8 metres (6 feet deep).
Carried by the trade winds and equatorial currents, Heyerdahl's boat covered 3,000 miles (4,830 kilometres) in just under eight weeks. After that distance, the boat suffered under a storm and sank beneath the ocean. However, After this semi-successful voyage, Heyerdahl decided to go for it again in 1970, and so he created another boat with a crew of 8 and called it Ra II .
Heyerdahl and his crew in Ra II reached the West Indies after 57 days at sea. Heryerdahl and his crew proved that primitive crossings could have been made of the Atlantic, from North Africa to Central America, using basic technology and materials. He had also shown that voyages like this could have been made over 3,000 years ago.