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Tiwanaku Pyramid Tomb Found.
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:26 am
by Beagle
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... -tomb.html
1,300-year-old skeleton buried with a cache of gold artifacts has been found in a Bolivian pyramid, archaeologists say.
The remains are believed to belong to an elite member of the ancient Tiwanaku culture, which thrived on the shores of Lake Titicaca from about A.D. 400 to 1200
This skeleton probably was from the last of the Tiwanaku culture.
Re: Tiwanaku Pyramid Tomb Found.
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:25 pm
by Rokcet Scientist
Beagle wrote:http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... -tomb.html
1,300-year-old skeleton buried with a cache of gold artifacts has been found in a Bolivian pyramid, archaeologists say.
The remains are believed to belong to an elite member of the ancient Tiwanaku culture, which thrived on the shores of Lake Titicaca from about A.D. 400 to 1200
This skeleton probably was from the last of the Tiwanaku culture.
Huh?
Wouldn't that make the skeleton some 800 years old, instead of 1,300?
This kind of thing makes me wary straight away!
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:40 pm
by Beagle
Sorry, can't help the chuckle. This article says, when you do the math, that this fellow died about 700 AD.
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:47 pm
by Rokcet Scientist
Beagle wrote:
Sorry, can't help the chuckle. This article says, when you do the math, that this fellow died about 700 AD.
I wouldn't call that "the last of the Tiwanaku culture" . . .
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:35 pm
by Beagle
You're right R/S, I didn't explain that very well. There were 4 Tiwanaku cultures. This guy must have died after the decline of the Altiplano civilization.