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Post number 7337

lagado — Mon, 30 Apr 2001 06:51:34 -0800

Pyramids as old as the ones in Egypt found in Peru. Actually, they're more like ziggurats of ancient Mesopotamia but hell anyway they're just as old as their Middle Eastern counterparts. Here's a bit more on the Americas' oldest city.

By: tiaka

tiaka — Mon, 30 Apr 2001 06:58:04 -0800

Huh. Interesting. After adding a coat of plaster, the builders painted the pyramids in earth tones. "Rosy pink, light beige, light gray, blue gray and yellow," said Haas. "These things would have been magnificent in their glory." Though their technological skills were absolutely amazing for the time, their decorating sense was not. Pink with Gray and Yellow? /Like Hello!/ what /where/ they thinking?

By: dhartung

dhartung — Mon, 30 Apr 2001 07:06:12 -0800

C'mon. It was after Labor Day.

By: tiaka

tiaka — Mon, 30 Apr 2001 07:21:26 -0800

Also, that second link is titled "Peru Holds Oldest New World City" New World Wouldn't that mean the first European City in the Americas? Why would it be new?

By: lagado

lagado — Mon, 30 Apr 2001 16:36:51 -0800

I guess when the American Indians first reached America from the Old World (Siberia around 12,000 years ago), they probably thought it was pretty New too.