Last week I read, in the German newspaper “Die Zeit”, a very interesting article about a newly discovered ancient civilization in Peru. This sensational find was possible due to the solo efforts of a tenacious archaeologist from the University of San Marcos in Lima, named Ruth Martha Shady Solís.
The so-called Caral Pyramids were found in the Supe (river) valley, where Ruth did her first investigations in 1994. Only the Sumerians in Mesopotamia built bigger and more glorious buildings. Caral is 5000 years old and hence the oldest known civilization in America so far. There are still more secrets to be revealed about this old and very complex society, which did not use any kind of weapons, as far as is yet known. You can find some more information on Wikipedia.
This news has a small connection to our game. If you have been following our blog closely, you should gradually be getting an idea what our game might be about; please check our older blog posts about Copernicus and Piccard.
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4 comments
Daniel says:
December 21, 2008 at 11:46 pm (UTC 1 )
The referred link to the Piccard (Swiss deep sea explorer dies at the age of 86) Post is broken. “http://http//blog.rough-sea.com/……” maybe wanna correct that.
Matthias says:
December 22, 2008 at 12:16 pm (UTC 1 )
Daniel thanks a lot for the hint. Its fixed now!
Cheers,
Matthias
Daniel says:
December 24, 2008 at 6:12 pm (UTC 1 )
No Problemo Matthias.
Shows that I am actively reading.
Have a great christmas.
That goes to the whole Rough Sea team by the way.
Frohes Feschtle.
Greetz
arvind says:
November 3, 2009 at 1:32 pm (UTC 1 )
this is an amazing discovery