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Judi Lynn

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Wed Jun 18, 2014, 05:41 PM Jun 2014

Temple Hints At Origin Of Civilization In Peru

Temple Hints At Origin Of Civilization In Peru

LIMA, June 18 (BERNAMA-NNN-ANDINA) -- Findings at the archaeological complex of Ventarron, including a small Mochica temple located 4 kilometres away from the district of Pomalca in Lambayeque, were described as a "laboratory of original architecture" by Peruvian archaeologist and investigator Walter Alva.

The pre-Hispanic site houses, all the architectural forms such as circular walls, curved walls, curved rectangular structures, altars for fire worship, among others.

Evidence for fire worship -the oldest tradition in America- is found at Ventarron temple, just as it was found in Caral, Kotosh, and Pirulo in the southern highlands.

This means worship was already practiced by our ancestors before gods' time, when some animals were depicted on the walls as part of nature.

"There was a time when human beings began to emerge and make very complex architecture, but they were not influenced by gods yet. After that, gods became popular in the Chavin era," he said.

More:
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=1047228

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