Posted on Jun 26, 2024
Oldest City in the Americas Is 5,000-Year-Old Ruins With Pyramids in Peru—Existed in Egyptian Age...
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A few miles up a desert valley road from the roaring Peruvian coastline and irrigated fields north of Lima, there once was a stone city with pyramids. Their dust-blown outlines and stepped bases are still seen, their roofs long weathered away.
The peoples who lived, celebrated, made music, and worshipped here—when the pyramids of Egypt were being built—are today long forgotten.
Now, as these 5,000-year-old ruins are declared a protected heritage site, the sacred city of Caral lives on in the imaginations of modern archeologists and voyeurs exploring the world from their phones. Marvels such as ancient wind instruments and anti-earthquake building methods still stir wonder—what did this ancient civilization achieve?
The peoples who lived, celebrated, made music, and worshipped here—when the pyramids of Egypt were being built—are today long forgotten.
Now, as these 5,000-year-old ruins are declared a protected heritage site, the sacred city of Caral lives on in the imaginations of modern archeologists and voyeurs exploring the world from their phones. Marvels such as ancient wind instruments and anti-earthquake building methods still stir wonder—what did this ancient civilization achieve?
Oldest City in the Americas Is 5,000-Year-Old Ruins With Pyramids in Peru—Existed in Egyptian Age...
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Only goes to show people are resilient and inventive, more so than many give credit for.
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I watched a documentary on this set of ruins. Fascinating how brilliant mankind is.
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CPT David Tanner
There is proof they did brain surgery that the patient survived (new skull growth around the square cut hole.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
I get a kick out of documentaries that suggest only aliens could have allowed mankind to create structures such as these.
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Amazing. Thanks for sharing. Here is an article about Gobekli Tepe. A civilization over 12000 years old. I think they will find even older civilizations in the future. about https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gobekli-tepe-the-worlds-first-temple-83613665/
Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple?
Predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years, Turkey's stunning Gobekli Tepe upends the conventional view of the rise of civilization
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