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To: djf

They used to blame Europeans for bringing smallpox to the “pristine and innocent” New World... until a few years ago when proof was found in Peruvian mummies that smallpox was here at least 500 years before Columbus.

Another cliche bites the dust.


24 posted on 12/20/2011 2:10:02 PM PST by Wordkraft
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To: Wordkraft

Certainly possible.

That whole South America thing has had me wondering for years. Some of the monuments, roads, etc around Lake Titicaca are as impressive, if not more so, than anything found in Asia. Thousands of square miles of detailed, architected farmlands and terraces. The high altitude pics of the region are just mind boggling.


27 posted on 12/20/2011 2:21:42 PM PST by djf (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2801220/posts)
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To: Wordkraft

Link please?


54 posted on 12/20/2011 9:24:35 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (*Philosophy lesson 117-22b: Anyone who demands to be respected is undeserving of it.*)
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