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Tunnels under Cusco
El Comercio Peru ^
| FR Post 12-29-2004
| El Comercio Peru
Posted on 12/28/2004 9:45:15 AM PST by vannrox
Tunnels under Cusco
Early chroniclers reported that by far the greatest amount of treasure in Cusco was in the Sun Temple (Koricancha). However, it disappeared before the conquistadors could get hold of it and melt it down. Despite the use of various forms of persuasion, the Spanish never found this horde.
A team of investigators from Spain, using modern technology of radar and software producing 3D images, have suggested that there are tunnels connecting the former Incan temples (over which colonial churches were built) to Sacsahuaman.
They have discovered the existence of huge tunnels over 5 metres deep under the Convent of Santo Domingo, which was built over the Koricancha. These are unlikely to have been built by the Spanish, as their catacombs were no more than 4 metres deep. On March 22, 2001, they accessed a crypt under an altar in the convent, which they think leads to the entrance of the main tunnel.
Source: El Comercio Peru
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: altar; ancient; archaeology; broken; catacomb; chronicler; civilization; conquistador; crypt; discovered; forgotten; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; gold; history; horde; koricancha; lost; man; mystery; new; old; past; race; radar; records; sacsahuaman; spanish; tomb; tunnel; underground
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Very cool and very /interesting.
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posted on
12/28/2004 9:45:17 AM PST
by
vannrox
To: vannrox
Calling Indiana Jones!
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posted on
12/28/2004 9:47:47 AM PST
by
2banana
(They want to die for Islam and we want to kill them)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/28/2004 9:51:18 AM PST
by
solitas
To: 2banana
Must be dusty down there.
To: vannrox
"Sacsahuaman", to those who've never been there, is pronounced similarly to "Sexy Woman"...
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posted on
12/28/2004 9:52:59 AM PST
by
weegee
(WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
To: The Teen Conservative
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posted on
12/28/2004 9:53:00 AM PST
by
2banana
(They want to die for Islam and we want to kill them)
To: 2banana
"Snakes... snakes; why'd it have to be snakes?"
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posted on
12/28/2004 9:56:49 AM PST
by
7.62 x 51mm
(• veni • vidi • vino • visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
To: vannrox
Well, at least the spanish didn't get it...
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posted on
12/28/2004 10:03:03 AM PST
by
Chad Fairbanks
(I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little ass)
To: vannrox
Isn't there supposed to be a chamber between the Sphinx's front "paws" as well?
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posted on
12/28/2004 10:04:06 AM PST
by
Little Pig
(Is it time for "Cowboys and Muslims" yet?)
To: vannrox; solitas; blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; SunkenCiv; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; ...
Thanks solitas and vannrox. Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
The GGG Digest -- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)
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posted on
12/28/2004 10:07:08 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
([singing] If I were the King of the Forest...)
To: vannrox
Geraldo Rivera, please call the office!
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posted on
12/28/2004 10:07:54 AM PST
by
Grut
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/28/2004 10:08:34 AM PST
by
ckilmer
To: Little Pig
There were tunnels and channels all over the Giza plateau according to ancient chronicles.
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posted on
12/28/2004 10:11:44 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)
To: Little Pig
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posted on
12/28/2004 10:13:17 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Islam is just medieval fascism.)
To: RightWhale; Little Pig; ckilmer
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posted on
12/28/2004 10:38:49 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(It's a big planet. We're willing to share. They're not. Out they go.)
Sounds like a great place for a Wal Mart
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posted on
12/28/2004 10:58:28 AM PST
by
catch222
(Very simple actually.)
To: vannrox
Cusco is just a great place to visit. Many of the Inca walls are still intact and "modern" day buildings are using them. What a great place.......
Lando 
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posted on
12/28/2004 11:13:43 AM PST
by
Lando Lincoln
(GWB - history will be very kind to you.)
To: 7.62 x 51mm
"Snakes... snakes; why'd it have to be snakes?"It hasss to be sssneaky ssssnakess to keep away the dirty ratsssssssess Ssssspaniard thievesssssssssssss.
We could have ussssed catssssess, but sssssnakesss can get through ssssmaller holessss.
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posted on
12/28/2004 12:16:40 PM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
(The world needs more horses, and fewer Jackasses!)
To: Lando Lincoln
I agree. I've never seen anything else like it in the world. There is a certain presence in the entire city and the people are very nice. I can't wait to go back.
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posted on
12/28/2004 12:23:34 PM PST
by
mgist
To: vannrox; Lando Lincoln; mgist; blam
Calling Indiana Jones!.......
Hey, who needs Indiana Jones, why not freepers get together and do some expiditions?
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posted on
12/28/2004 7:06:31 PM PST
by
Bellflower
(A NEW DAY IS COMING!)
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