Explorers Unearth Lost Inca Stronghold in Peru

Reuters ^ | Mon Mar 18, 6:12 PM ET | Missy Ryan

[d4now]

I don't know but post #19 may help.

[Light Speed]

Last year a documentary special aired concerning Inca Astronomical observance.
I was staggered by what was revealed..
On the mountain sides, tracking for dozens of miles...the terraces and rock outcroppings were manipulated to reveal a 3 dimensional map.."Of the Milky way"...they did in 3D..what the Egyptians could not do.
In certain places..sunlight touches certain rock outcroppings...litterly marking each months passage..each solstice...revealing the procession of the "Zodiac" on the mountain sides.
These manipulations are huge...hundreds of feet apart..evident from the ground..and from high elevations... they would climb..and watch the seasons unfold..knowing exactly when to plant..and when to obseve ritual festivals...but in this..and confirmed by the narrator..like the Spanish Friars account..they foresaw..and saw..the end of "Their time"...this is why the Spanish mastered them so quickly..they really believed their time on earth had come to an end...they saw it in the stars.

[d4now]

Last year a documentary special aired concerning Inca Astronomical observance.

I must see it. Any help would be appreciated.

[blam]

"Should this go on the 3g list?"

Yes. Do it to it! (thanks)

[Light Speed]

I did record it..hopefully I did not overwrite it..have nearly 50 Plain VHS...will try to find it ..and if found..will forward the name of the video production and the main individual...hopeing I have not overwritten it..am really bad for.."Oh my God..its a nascar race from Darlington"..and then the inevitable happens.

[blam]

Ancient Peruvian City In Dire Peril

[d4now]

Happy searching then - I hope you find it.

Thanks!

[d4now]

Good article - many thanks for the bump.

[gnarledmaw]

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[DancesWithTrout]

It's amazing to me that so many ancient cultures which were completely detached from one another all had an intimate understanding of space and time.

[blam]

"It's amazing to me that so many ancient cultures which were completely detached from one another all had an intimate understanding of space and time."

I don't think they were as 'detached' as we believe they were.

[DancesWithTrout]

exactly my conclusion. Explaining how, without alarming the tin-foil brigades, is the hard part.

[VOA]

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[#3Fan]

Thanks for the ping. Most of the great buildings, walls, astronomical structures, and towers that are attributed to the Incas were probably built by a people like the Chachapoya, (a blond-haired, tall race) thousands of years ago.

[Light Speed]

The North American Indians mapped the constellations....solar house risings..moon phases...kept it simple..they used rock circles..and etched markers on rock outcroppings.

They did this..thousands of years ahead of the Egyptians ...choosing a more "Freindlier version" of passing the knowledge...one may comment..they were more succesfull than the Egyptians..as their languages and stories are still sung and danced to ..to this day...and we are aware that the Egyptian language went nearly extinct..that the message in their labour..has only been discovered..recently.

Critical study reveals man has learned this in seperate hemispheres..independently...some like to credit an advanced culture for spreading the news so to speak..but real archeology..reveals they got it on their own.

[another cricket]

Critical study reveals man has learned this in seperate hemispheres..independently...some like to credit an advanced culture for spreading the news so to speak..but real archeology..reveals they got it on their own.

The basic needs of humans never change. What is it worth to you to know exactly when to plow, sow and reap your crop so you may have a successful harvest? 10%, maybe? And from there all the rest flows naturally.

a. cricket

[blam]

"Critical study reveals man has learned this in seperate hemispheres..independently...some like to credit an advanced culture for spreading the news so to speak..but real archeology..reveals they got it on their own."

I read that some time after the destruction of Carthage that it was reported that Plutarch spoke that he had read (from 'writings' in the ruins) that the Carthagenians(sp) had traded with nations across the Atlantic. Then we have the 'cocaine mummies' and of course, Solon's tales of Atlantis, as related to him by the Egyptian high priests, etc. I believe there was ancient contact between Asia, Europe, the Americas and Africa. ...and that this contact was broken numerous times (and memory of this contact was forgotten) due to worldwide catastrophies, famine and/or plagues. This is/could be why we have 'exiled' populations of humans of different races all over the globe.

[blam]

"were probably built by a people like the Chachapoya."

I went looking for information on these folks the last time you mentioned them and found a little. Can you lead me to some detailed information about them? Thanks ahead of time.

[another cricket]

Try this website

Warriors of the Clouds: A Lost Civilization in the Upper Amazon of Peru

And I thing you might find some more stuff or either the History channel or Discovery Channel web site. One of them had a special on the Mummies of the Chachapoyas but I can't remember who.

a. cricket

[blam]

Thanks for the link to other links.