Temple built 4,000 years ago unearthed in Peru

Reuters ^ | 10 Nov 2007 | Marco Aquino

[BGHater]

[BGHater]

GGG ping, Peru

[Kolokotronis]

That’s impressive!

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Very cool!

[Kevmo]

cool, bmflr

[Americanexpat]

I often wonder why man started building pyramids in three different parts of the world about the same time. Only the styles are different.

[rawcatslyentist]

So, when is the mooseslime demolition date set?

Nothing predates muuuuHamhead. La la la allah BOOM!!!!

[ari-freedom]

I think there’s a pyramid in China as well

[SunkenCiv]

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[ValerieTexas]

So what do the murals depict? Religious ceremonies? Beheadings? Sacrifice? Snakes? Recipes?

[ValerieTexas]

Maybe it’s a map.

[SunkenCiv]

Possibly an ad for the prehistoric, pre-telecom version of the Simpsons.

[gnarledmaw]

A short interesting starting point for search ideas on pyramids in China, Tibet, and Mongolia

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

What is interesting about this is that it takes pre-Columbian civilization back to the age of ancient Sumeria and Egypt, and they still didn’t get any further than the Incas and Aztecs! Why did they fail — perhaps it was because of their bloodthirsty religions?

[infowarrior]

Possibly an ad for the prehistoric, pre-telecom version of the Simpsons.

Nah... Didn't you see the hairy guy in one of the murals? It's obviously a proto-Geico Commercial....

the infowarrior

[Hegemony Cricket]

Looks like they need to dive a little deeper...

[Dustbunny]

Wow, great find !!

[SunkenCiv]

He looks kinda like the rebel admiral in the original “Star Wars” (now called “A New Hope”).

[SunkenCiv]

:’) At the very least, massive human sacrifice would have a long-term impact on population. The Corncrib, which stood down the center of the plaza in front of the pyramid in Tenochtitlan was filled with 100s of 1000s of human skulls. After the conquest the Spanish cleared it off and buried it. Another factor in the declines and falls (and rises) of various PreColumbian civs was climate change — natural climate change.

[The Louiswu]

A pryamid was ancient man’s attempt to mimic mountains, the most forboding natural structure that could be seen. To be able to recreate a mountain and to be able to reach the top of that mountain would have had serious political and social ramifications to those would-be leaders of the time.