A fresh look at Monte Sierpe, or “serpent mountain,” may help archaeologists to decipher why ancient people constructed it ...
A centuries-old grid of holes in the Andes may have been a ‘spreadsheet’ for accounting and exchange
An ancient band of thousands of precisely aligned small pits stretching 1.5 kilometres across the Pisco Valley in Peru has ...
One of the most authentic and wondrous songwriters of his generation, we've given ourselves the tough job of picking out his ...
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Mysterious 5,200 Holes in Peru May Have Served as a Marketplace and Giant Ledger for the Inca Empire
Archaeologists say the mysterious “Band of Holes” may have once been a vast marketplace and spreadsheet of the Inca world.
Researchers used drones to get another look at the "Band of Holes" along Monte Sierpe, and their work suggests that the Inca ...
Thousands of holes arranged in a snake-like pattern on Monte Sierpe in Peru could have been a monumental accounting device ...
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The last Stronghold of the Inca Empire
Hidden on the border between the Andean Mountains and the Peruvian Rainforest, the last remaining forces of the almost defeated Inca Empire held their ground against the Spanish, but eventually ...
In the remote town of Huaytará, Peru, the building that houses the Church of San Juan Bautista is more than what it seems. It was built upon a three-walled Incan structure called a carpa uasi that ...
The Peruvian town of Huaytará is home to a 15th-century Inca building that’s unusually simple for the civilization, which is known for its intricate architecture, like the structures seen across Machu ...
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