More than 100 Archaeological Structures Discovered in the Peruvian...

More than 100 archaeological structures discovered in the Peruvian...

Built by the Chachapoya civilisation, known as the "people of the cloud forest", the structures are located within a Unesco Mixed World Heritage site 500km north of Lima Researchers working in Peru have discovered more than 100 previously unknown structures at the Gran Pajatén archaeological complex , an ancient site located within Río Abiseo National Park, 500 km north of Lima. The park is a Unesco Mixed World Heritage site, and famous for the …

Quipu: The Inca's Mysterious Recording Device » Explorersweb

Long before Spanish colonization, the indigenous people of Peru kept track of important dates and numbers, and perhaps even stories, using a mysterious coding system of strings and knots called a quipu. When the Spanish invaded, they decided these bundles of strings and knots were idolatrous and pagan, in opposition to the Catholic Church. They burned them, hoping to quell any thought of resistance. How does it work? Quipu means knot in Quechua,…

Over 100 Ancient Structures Just Uncovered in the Andes’ Forbidden Cloud Forest — A Hidden Civilization Unfolds

High above sea level in the remote northern Andes, an extraordinary discovery has brought new clarity to one of Peru’s most mysterious archaeological landscapes. Hidden for centuries beneath dense vegetation in the Río Abiseo National Park, more than 100 previously unrecorded structures have been uncovered at the site of Gran Pajatén, offering rare insight into the elusive Chachapoya civilization. The findings, announced in May by the World Monu…