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Wari geoglyph found in southern Peru
Peru this Week ^
| July 24, 2014
| Rachel Chase
Posted on 08/02/2014 9:09:20 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists undertaking investigations in the Peruvian region of Arequipa discovered a large geoglyph last December.
According to Peru21, the geoglyph is approximately 60 meters by 40 meters and is located in the province of Caylloma.
Peru21 reports that the initial archaeological investigations were performed at the request of the Consorcio Angostura Siguas, an agroindustrial company that is executing an irrigation project in the area. Consorcio Angostura Siguas would have ordered the investigation in order to receive a certificate from the Ministry of Culture stating that there were no archaeological sites in the area, allowing them to continue with their irrigation project.
Experts say that the geoglyph was created by members of the Wari culture in 1200 or 1300 AD. The geoglyph has been dubbed Gross Munsa, and is the only known geoglyph in Arequipa.
Peru21 reports that excavators also found other objects that they hope will help to shed some light on Wari culture and practices.
(Excerpt) Read more at peruthisweek.com ...
TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; nazca; nazcalines; peru; wair
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Large design is being described as similar to the famous Nasca lines. (Photo: Peru21)
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posted on
08/02/2014 9:09:21 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
08/02/2014 9:09:56 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
It always intrigues me to wonder WHY people who had much better things to do (like finding FOOD and WATER) spent time doing things like this.
It had to be extremely important to them for some reason.
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posted on
08/02/2014 9:14:54 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: UCANSEE2
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posted on
08/02/2014 9:17:03 AM PDT
by
Codeflier
(Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama - 4 democrat presidents in a row and counting...)
To: SunkenCiv
Reminds me of the ‘plans’ for the Tent Tabernacle ...
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posted on
08/02/2014 9:19:11 AM PDT
by
MHGinTN
To: UCANSEE2
Spirituality most likely. I know the natives around Nazca say their ancestors walked the lines performing rituals at certain points as a means of worship.
Pretty much every big thing ancient people did was related to spirituality, the afterlife, or astrology.
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posted on
08/02/2014 9:19:55 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: UCANSEE2
Looking out the window here I see acres of soybean plants.
They’re not ready for harvest.
Agriculture is the bedrock of civilization, as it makes it possible to have a year-round food supply that is more nutritious and less time-consuming. Keeping who owns what straight led to surveying, and recordkeeping, and writing.
These large, basically useless displays of construction are diagnostic of settled agriculture.
And yes, I would prefer to be looking at acres of corn.
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posted on
08/02/2014 9:21:18 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: UCANSEE2
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posted on
08/02/2014 9:23:27 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: UCANSEE2
It always intrigues me to wonder WHY people who had much better things to do (like finding FOOD and WATER) spent time doing things like this. It had to be extremely important to them for some reason.
I was one of the "why?" students that profs either appreciated or detested, hence the variety of grades I received.
In reading of past cultures such as these, your intriguing "why" has not been addressed adequately within the range of my hearing and study. Lots of books, too many books, wild and wooly books, but not nearly enough of the convincing "here's why"...although the Holy Bible does provide clues worth following...
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/02/2014 9:25:46 AM PDT
by
blam
(Jeff Sessions For President)
To: UCANSEE2
"It always intrigues me to wonder WHY people who had much better things to do (like finding FOOD and WATER) spent time doing things like this." Millenia from now, people will pick up old copies of TV guide featuring Love Boat, Three's Company and Fantasy Island, and ask the very same question...
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posted on
08/02/2014 9:30:17 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: SunkenCiv
Big”F’iing”Whoopee!!!!!!!!!!Who Cares??????????????
To: UCANSEE2
Religion is part of what defines human. We’re hard wired for it. Look at the atheists’ inability to keep their non belief to themselves but rather join together in their own version of a cult.
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posted on
08/02/2014 9:34:53 AM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: MHGinTN
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posted on
08/02/2014 9:39:47 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: SunkenCiv
Andy Wari-hol work? From beyond.. :-!
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posted on
08/02/2014 9:53:54 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
To: SunkenCiv
Consorcio Angostura Siguas would have ordered the investigation in order to receive a certificate from the Ministry of Culture stating that there were no archaeological sites in the area, allowing them to continue with their irrigation project. Better go back as far as possible, and check satellite photos, to see if it was there several years ago. Heck of a lot more creative than planting some ferrets or jumping mice, if it wasn't.
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posted on
08/02/2014 10:08:21 AM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Love me, love my guns!©)
To: SunkenCiv
Don’t you just put a marble on it and tilt the thing until you get the marble in the hole?
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posted on
08/02/2014 10:11:17 AM PDT
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Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: UCANSEE2
It always intrigues me to wonder WHY people who had much better things to do (like finding FOOD and WATER) spent time doing things like this. It was crucially important to them. They worshipped the high Andes mountains which they saw as the source for the one thing that meant life or death to them: water. Glyphs were created to be seen by the mountain gods, not space aliens. It was the desperate need for agricultural water that caused them to sacrifice their most precious assets, their children, in high mountain burial ceremonies in attempts to appease the water gods.
To: bandleader
About your pointless reply? No one except you.
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08/02/2014 11:32:44 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Since it looks like a series of stairs, maybe this is what they were going for?
They didn't pull it off, but they gave it a shot :)
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08/02/2014 12:06:44 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
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