Ancient Remains Uncovered in Peru

[Judi Lynn]

Ancient Remains Uncovered in Peru

Monday, August 15, 2016

LIMA, PERU—Skeletal remains bundled up in a funerary blanket and thought to date back more than 6,000 years have been uncovered in the district of Los Olivos in northern Lima, according to a report in Living in Peru. The excavation on a hillside known as Cerro Pacifico, led by archaeologist Luis Angel Flores Blanco, has also revealed evidence of two terraced pyramids, suggesting that it was a center of the ancient Caral civilization. “This discovery is possibly the biggest indication that Los Olivos is a place full of history,” said the district’s mayor, Pedro del Rosario. Samples from the dig have been sent to museums for radiocarbon dating. To read about another recent discovery from ancient Peru, go to “A Life Story.”

http://www.archaeology.org/news/4728-160815-peru-bundled-remains

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[LuvNewcastle]

1. My next trip outside the US will be to Peru.

Everything I see and read about that country draws me. There is so much ancient history there and most people don't even know it.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Amazing country for people looking for something deeper, more important

than shopping, and conventional superficial looks at places.

Peru is teeming with astonishing sites, things so far beyond the average US American's awareness of life on earth.

No doubt some information is going to come from Peru, in time, which is going to knock our socks off. Of only more people had even a glimmering of what has happened in the Americas before the people were invaded, enslaved, tortured, murdered, and shoved out of the way after their ancestral lands were stolen. A whole lot to learn ahead of us.

Very best wishes on your next visit.

Oh, yes. Speaking of not knowing the history, there are some who know and are too stupid to care. In the last few years, a Peruvian landowner contracted a company to bring bulldozers onto his large property and tear down a pyramid which had stood there for ages and ages. (He wanted to use the land for commercial purposes.) It all happened too quickly for anyone decent to learn it and have it stopped. If only there could be a severe crime attached to destroying priceless "landmarks!"

[LuvNewcastle]

3. Thanks for the well wishes.

I am so looking forward to it. There are going to be so many things learned in Peru and other places in South America. I think they've just scratched the surface. I wish I had the money to see more than I will, but I'll still have a lot of history to ponder from that visit. I hope we see a lot more interest paid to the history there and protection of their sites.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Don't know if you have the time, but looking at YouTube for Peru Archeology will open tons of videos

I haven't even scratched the surface of the ones I want to see.

Just in case you want to check on some sites online.

[LuvNewcastle]

5. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll definitely checkt those out.