[nickcarraway]

Mummies of different epochs were among the finds

The Incas turned Pachacamac into a place of pilgrimage

[martin_fierro]

Real Old Dusty Sh*t Ping.

[Larry Lucido]

discovered a multi-level burial site

"So you see, fellow mummies, each of you recruits three mummies, and they each recruit three more, and you'll have several downlines providing you wealth and financial independance."

[Naomi4]

Syphilis? I wonder what the dating on that diseased individual would be? I always thought syphilis came to Europe from the explorations in the New World. It if pre-dated the Spanish invasion, that would be proof positive it was existent in the New World.

Tuberculosis may be a very ancient disease. If it existed simultaneously in the New World and the Old World its origins amongst human populations may go back 100,000 years. The first "Indians" to enter the New World may have brought it with them.

[GVnana]

Pachacamac, south of the capital, Lima, is thought to have been ruled by the Ychsma lords from 900 to 1470. In the upper layer of burials, we have an abnormal proportion of individuals who were suffering from very grave and lethal diseases, such as syphilis,

Carbon date those mummies 'cause supposedly syphilis was introduced by the Europeans.

Great pics.

[SunkenCiv]

Just adding this to the GGG catalog, not sending a general distribution.

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