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skywizard
3rd January 2015, 02:59
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The Moche were the first empire-builders of the American continent, more than eight centuries before the Incas,
and just as deserving of fame as those Johnny-come-latelys. But they had no written language, and did not hang
around long enough to be recorded in the histories written by European fortune-hunters who plundered their
material legacy almost a millennium later. Now, after 20 years of excavation at the Moche capital, we are
rediscovering this sophisticated – and terrifying – culture, with its dependence on human sacrifice to appease
its pantheon of gods. The latest discoveries offer a fascinating insight into their world: a mysterious platform
that, though represented in Moche art, has never before been found on the ground; and, buried next to it ,
three members of the Moche elite.



Source: http://www.world-archaeology.com/issue-67/cwa-67.htm



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