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Judi Lynn

(160,524 posts)
Tue Nov 28, 2017, 06:49 PM Nov 2017

Peru's abundant ruins feel the squeeze of urbanization


Franklin Briceno and Rodrigo Abd, Associated Press
 Updated 11:47 am, Tuesday, November 28, 2017



hoto: Rodrigo Abd, AP
IMAGE 1 OF 11 In this Sept. 22, 2017 photo, the pre-Columbian archeological site La Luz is flanked by a private soccer field players rent in Lima, Peru. Many people in modern-day Peru are raised among the Incan ruins built before the Spanish colonized South America.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — From her small home near two golf courses and three slums, Gianina Rojas gazes up at a crumbling adobe pyramid, remnants of the vast Inca empire that flourished more than six centuries ago.

Like many people in modern-day Peru, Rojas was born and raised among Incan sites that were built before the Spanish colonized South America.

Now 26, she recalls treasure hunting as a child — hiding away pieces of ceramic pots, textile scraps and even human bones.

 
"Lima is full of places like this," she said.

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Peru's abundant ruins feel the squeeze of urbanization (Original Post) Judi Lynn Nov 2017 OP
How many levels of Troy did Schliemann find? Its been like this for centuries all over the world. marble falls Nov 2017 #1
Overwhelming!Every time one learns about another one, it seems there is even more to discover ahead. Judi Lynn Nov 2017 #3
More Palpa geoglyphs: Judi Lynn Nov 2017 #2

Judi Lynn

(160,524 posts)
3. Overwhelming!Every time one learns about another one, it seems there is even more to discover ahead.
Wed Nov 29, 2017, 09:56 AM
Nov 2017

Could drive someone wild, not living to be thousands of years old in order to find out far more!

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