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"Mythical" Temple Found in Peru

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posted on Feb, 1 2010 @ 11:41 PM
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January 28, 2010—A thousand-year-old temple complex (including a tomb with human sacrifice victims, shown in a digital illustration) has been found under the windswept dunes of northwestern Peru, archaeologists say.

The discovery of the complex, excavated near the city of Chiclayo (map) between 2006 and late 2009, has injected a dose of reality into the legend of Naylamp, the god who supposedly founded the pre-Inca Lambayeque civilization in the eighth century A.D., following the collapse of the Moche civilization.

That's because evidence at the Chotuna-Chornancap archaeological site indicates the temple complex may have belonged to people claiming to have descended from Naylamp—suggesting for the first time that these supposed descendants existed in the flesh.


The sophisticated Lambayeque culture, also known as the Sicán, were best known as skilled irrigation engineers until being conquered in A.D. 1375 by the Chimú, a civilization also based along Peru's arid northern coast.


Iv'e always been facinated by Peruvian cultures both old and new. Perhaps we will eventually find a culture that dates back to early man as the archeologists uncover more sites.



posted on Feb, 1 2010 @ 11:49 PM
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posted on Feb, 2 2010 @ 12:06 AM
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