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Archaeologists unveil 3,500-year-old city in Peru

180 points by neversaydie

by gregsadetsky

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https://www.google.com/maps/place/10%C2%B055'54.5%22S+77%C2%...
via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pe%C3%B1ico

by slimebot80

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So they've spent 8 years unearthing it, I assume? It's pretty obvious to see from those photos, but 8 years ago it was buried?

by ErigmolCt

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Kind of humbling to realize that while Mesopotamia and Egypt were building empires, folks in Peru were constructing circular temples, making seashell jewelry, and setting up complex trade networks completely independently

by adolph

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Is there something new unveiled that was missed in translation? The quoted researchers Shady and Machacuay doen't seem to have any new publications about Peñico listed in Google Scholar.
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  Eight years of research at the site unearthed 18 structures, including ceremonial temples and residential complexes.
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by tree_enjoyer

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>The 3,500-year-old city, named Peñico, is believed to have served as a key trading hub connecting early Pacific coast communities with those living in the Andes mountains and Amazon basin.
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>Researchers say the discovery sheds light on what became of the Americas' oldest civilisation, the Caral.
Oldest civilization is a bit of a stretch. Earliest surviving structures is a stretch, but it's one we know about, so I guess they have to base it off that. More and more evidence is showing that humans were in the Americas farther back in time. While they weren't the builders of of fine stonework and megalithic structures like the Olmec (that we know of), there were certainly civilizations and cities before humans suddenly started building the massive pyramids and cities we have uncovered so far. There's a lot of secrets still hidden in the South American jungles.

by Aspos

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I feel irrational hatred towards people who think "decimated" is a synonym of "destroyed".