Ventarrón!
Archaeologists have unearthed a 4,000-year-old temple in Peru. I think that's awesome. Another reason to go to Peru!
Excerpts from the National Geographic article:
His team found a wall painting - which depicts a deer caught in a net - after discovering a staircase leading up to a hidden altar.
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The stairway caught their attention because it is an architectural oddity in that region, Alva said. Also strange, the temple was built from blocks of river sediment rather than adobe or stone, he said.
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He said some of the artifacts found in Ventarrón suggest that the region of Lambayeque was a cultural exchange point between Peru's Pacific coast and other regions.
His team, for example, found ceremonial offerings including the skeletons of a parrot and a monkey that would have come from Peru's jungle regions.
They also found shells that would have come from coastal Ecuador, he said.
Such exciting stuff! It's an impressive find. What makes it even more exciting is that it was built at roughly the same time (if not slightly earlier!) as the Great Pyramids of Egypt, but is more technologically advanced and on the other side of the world. I can't wait to hear updates as more information about this find is released. It fascinates me.
Now more news sites are covering the story, but I was entertained by the fact that the best coverage for the first few days seemed to be from The Scotsman, in Scotland. Kudos to that paper/reporter.
Excerpts from the National Geographic article:
His team found a wall painting - which depicts a deer caught in a net - after discovering a staircase leading up to a hidden altar.
...
The stairway caught their attention because it is an architectural oddity in that region, Alva said. Also strange, the temple was built from blocks of river sediment rather than adobe or stone, he said.
...
He said some of the artifacts found in Ventarrón suggest that the region of Lambayeque was a cultural exchange point between Peru's Pacific coast and other regions.
His team, for example, found ceremonial offerings including the skeletons of a parrot and a monkey that would have come from Peru's jungle regions.
They also found shells that would have come from coastal Ecuador, he said.
Such exciting stuff! It's an impressive find. What makes it even more exciting is that it was built at roughly the same time (if not slightly earlier!) as the Great Pyramids of Egypt, but is more technologically advanced and on the other side of the world. I can't wait to hear updates as more information about this find is released. It fascinates me.
Now more news sites are covering the story, but I was entertained by the fact that the best coverage for the first few days seemed to be from The Scotsman, in Scotland. Kudos to that paper/reporter.