Showing posts with label peruvian culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peruvian culture. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Caral continues to surprise to the scientific community and the world




The world scientific community is still stunned with advanced knowledge in agronomy, climatology, engineering, medicine and other sciences that had 5,000 years ago that populated the Peruvian Caral, said the researcher Ruth Shady.

He stressed that to develop agricultural calendars and predict weather events laboratories that allowed them to determine the beginning and end of the sowing and harvesting campaigns, as well as changes that nature has to adapt to them were installed.

"In the field of energy efficiency and fluid mechanics, in Caral force wind took advantage, now known as Venturi principle, channeling it through underground pipes to have very high temperatures in furnaces," he said.

Shady said that when this knowledge was analyzed by physicists from the United States, they are asked how this civilization knew this 5,000 years ago, when Europe was discovered recently in 1740.

"In the field of pharmacology, in Caral We have found that for ailments such as headaches sauce packets containing the active ingredient of aspirin was applied. This ancestral knowledge survives until today," he said.

The researcher of the Caral civilization stressed that other knowledge that continues to surprise has to do with civil engineering, since the earthquake resistance of buildings 5,000 years ago with bases and applied seismic structures.

"A Belgian engineer who saw it said that knowledge that the ancient Peruvians were developed in at least six centuries to Europe and the rest of Latin knowledge of hydraulic engineering, civil, structural and agricultural" he said.

Source: Andina.

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Monday, September 28, 2015

The Amazing Sillustani



In Sillustani 35 kms. from Puno, a mysterious and impressive burial grounds of the Lords of the Colla called chullpas is situated, with square and cone shapes made of stones that fit symmetrically exact. This sanctuary is surrounded by the beautiful Umayo Lagoon only 20 kms. from Lake Titicaca.

The Chullpas can reach up to 12 meters high, with vaulted crypts where mummies were kept inside, almost 90 of them. According to researches the bodies were mummified in a fetal position and placed inside the chullpas. Close to the bodies were placed their belongings, jewelry, pottery and food; due to their beliefs were said that after death the bodies will resurrect elsewhere, where then they will eat and drink.

Higher chullpas settled on platforms and had graves that were buried around that were surely their servers. These numerous monuments were accompanied by other facilities in circles as well as decks and fences designated for rituals.

Even this tourist attraction and funerary sanctuary was the inspiration for the Central Bank of Peru to issue a new edition of the national currency (Nuevo Sol), in commemoration of the Sillustani Chullpas as part of its Numismatics Wealth and Pride.

To arrive to Sillustani we should take the paved road between Puno and Juliaca, 3950 meters above sea level; where you will find one of the largest cemeteries in the world and must see point to visit in Puno.

More information about Puno and Lake Titicaca here.