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Thousands of Mysterious Holes Dot the Landscape in Peru. Archaeologists Say They May Finally Know Why
New research suggests the Band of Holes functioned as a barter marketplace before becoming an accounting system for the Inca ...
A series of about 5,200 holes stretching nearly a mile (1.5 kilometers) across the Pisco Valley in the southern Peruvian ...
Thousands of holes arranged in a snake-like pattern on Monte Sierpe in Peru could have been a monumental accounting device ...
New research suggests that the holes were the site of an ancient marketplace, and Inca rulers may have used them as a ...
In Peru’s mysterious Pisco Valley, thousands of perfectly aligned holes known as Monte Sierpe have long puzzled scientists.
No, aliens had nothing to do with a winding 1.5-kilometer-long path of holes. First used as a market, the Inca then repurposed it for tax collection.
Sediment analysis and drone photography of the iconic South American monument of Monte Sierpe (aka "Band of Holes") support a ...
New research suggests the Band of Holes in southern Peru may have been first a market and later an Inca accounting device.
In South America, a mysterious monument stretches almost a mile (1.5 kilometers) through the southern Peruvian Andes. Called Monte Sierpe, meaning serpent mountain, it consists of rows of around 5,200 ...
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