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Peru: 'sensational' Inca find for British team in Andes [ ancestor stones ]
The Observer ^ | Sunday, December 5, 2010 | Dalya Alberge

Posted on 12/09/2010 8:08:14 AM PST by SunkenCiv

A British team of archaeologists on expedition in the Peruvian Andes has hailed as "sensational" the discovery of some of the most sacred objects in the Inca civilisation -- three "ancestor stones", which were once believed to form a precious link between the heavens and the underworld... Dr Frank Meddens, research associate of Royal Holloway, who was also on the expedition, said they had "danced a little jig on top of the mountain" after discovering the objects that they had only read about in 16th-century Spanish documents.

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: ancestorstones; godsgravesglyphs; incas; peru
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The Inca platform where the ancestor stones were found. Photograph: Observer

Peru: sensational Inca find for British team in Andes

1 posted on 12/09/2010 8:08:21 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 12/09/2010 8:09:56 AM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Disappointing that the original article didn’t include pictures of the stones.


3 posted on 12/09/2010 8:41:04 AM PST by ottbmare (off-the-track Thoroughbred mare)
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To: ottbmare; JoeProBono

> Disappointing that the original article didn’t include pictures of the stones.


4 posted on 12/09/2010 8:42:54 AM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: ottbmare
Are these the “icca” stones that show dinosaurs on some of them? That could be why they didn't put pictures. They want the sensationalism of discovering something, but they don't want anybody looking to closely at what they discovered.
5 posted on 12/09/2010 8:53:03 AM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Did the stones look like this?


6 posted on 12/09/2010 8:54:49 AM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: TexasRepublic

I like the opening gambit in that one, but it’s way too gory. :’)


7 posted on 12/09/2010 9:20:41 AM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Don’t have the gall for it? /s


8 posted on 12/09/2010 9:47:56 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: Vendome

You betray Shiva!


9 posted on 12/09/2010 10:08:30 AM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ancestor Stones Korea


10 posted on 12/09/2010 10:31:51 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ancestor Stones Korea


11 posted on 12/09/2010 10:31:51 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: SunkenCiv

Hey, no one told me she had anything to do with this.

I will sacrifice a nOOB in her honor.

Shouldn’t be to difficult, they seem to be everywhere this week.


12 posted on 12/09/2010 11:40:59 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: Vendome

Hey, at least most of ‘em are blog pimps. We need some new blood around here. ;’)


13 posted on 12/09/2010 11:48:45 AM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: JoeProBono

Wow. They look like really unattractive manga characters used as pegs for a giant cribbage board.


14 posted on 12/09/2010 11:50:32 AM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Did you see the flippin idiot promoting “Only a Pro-Choice Republican” can win?

What a way to start my day.

Wanted to reach through my screen and ....


15 posted on 12/09/2010 11:52:09 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Those guys seem very proud of their stones.


16 posted on 12/09/2010 12:09:11 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: SunkenCiv; humblegunner

humblegunner ran most of them off and now we don’t have any mice to play with


17 posted on 12/09/2010 12:23:21 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: colorado tanker

Quite a set of stones.


18 posted on 12/09/2010 12:43:34 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: Vendome

;’)


19 posted on 12/09/2010 2:33:58 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: TexasRepublic; SunkenCiv

Proof of ancient alien astronauts as our ancestors if found at last!

I saw on the History channel today where a ‘Stargate’ entrance has been found in the Andes. According to naitive folk tales a gold disk of some kind was inserted into the solid stone and one of their priests walked through the stone and disappeared.

Wouldn’t it be a hoot if Von Danikin was right? OMIGAWD, the gnashing of PHD archeologists’ teeth will be heard in the Sirium galaxy.


20 posted on 12/09/2010 4:41:38 PM PST by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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