Posted on 02/26/2011 3:45:32 PM PST by decimon
LIMA (AFP) – Archeologists have discovered a group of ancient tombs in the mountainous jungle of southeastern Peru they say is as important as the discovery of the lost city of Machu Picchu.
The tombs belonging to the Wari culture were found on the jungle-covered eastern slope of the Andes in Cuzco department at a long-abandoned city thought to be the last redoubt of Inca resistance to Spanish colonial rule.
The Waris, a pre-Inca civilization, had an enormous cultural impact in the Andean region between 600 and 1200. The Inca empire (around 1400 to 1532) was the largest pre-Columbian empire in the Americas.
"It is an impressive Wari find in the Cuzco jungle that opens a new chapter on archaeological research and forces us to re-write history," said Juan Garcia, the cultural director for the Cuzco region, as he announced the discovery late Wednesday.
"The discovery is one of the most important ever, and is comparable to Machu Picchu... and the Lord of Sipan," said Garcia, referring to the 1987 discovery of the tomb of an ancient Moche lord.
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Matching Picchu ping.
Any skeletal remains? The image shows a rather jowly chap with a big nose.
Dunno.
The image shows a rather jowly chap with a big nose.
I think I used to work with that guy.
I stood in line for several hours to see the treasures of a Peruvian excavation at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. It was phenomenal. The wealth in gold eclipsed anything I had seen in exhibits from neighboring countries.
Specifically they had HUGE peanut necklaces with many peanuts several inches long. Many were needed to make a whole necklace. The amount of gold was amazing.
from the article
In places like Peru, ancient sites have been well preserved in the dry coastal region and in the Andes, but bones and textiles rarely survive the wet and humid conditions of the jungle.
Here I sit broken hearted...
That was the Lord of Sipan exhibit - the "American King Tut." I saw it too and it was a fascinating glimpse into a remarkable culture. We've only begun to understand pre-Columbian people, especially in South America.
Did you happen to see the Moche pottery collection at the Folwer at the same time? That really put a face on those people.
Looks like a carved coconut or is it pottery?
Most impressive find.
If you don’t clean up your room...!
Thanks for additional photos.
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from a declining culture. Look at the crappy stone work compared to Machu.
It’s recorded in ancient Inca glyphs that their war against the wari resulted in complete victory.
The more-warlike Inca would take their Wari prisoners to Macchu Picchu, line them up on the walls overlooking a fall of thousands of feet to the rocky vally below and the Inca priests would pass down the line, tipping them over the edge.
While the assempled Incas danced and sang “It’s a long way to tip a Wari...”
But honestly, doesn’t that gold breastplate look more like a woman’s kitchen apron? Like the kind my grandmother used to wear, lol.
Rim Shot
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