[Aztlan] NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC UPDATE ON THE VICUS PYRAMIDS DISCOVERY

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

National Geographic has a follow up on the Vicus pyramid complex  
uncovered a few weeks ago on the Peruvian coast. It has now been  
announced that there are 10 pyramids at the site, up from 6 a few  
weeks ago. The pyramids were built between 200 to 300 CE. A very  
large adobe platform was also uncovered measuring 82 by 92 feet and  
skull fragments that may belong to a high born dignitary.
The Vicus culture existed in close proximity to the Moche culture and  
so they share artistic traits. And perceptions of the Moche as a  
monolithic complex are shifting to the concept that the Moche were a  
series of separate regional kingdoms and the Vicus may have been a  
part of this complex.

National Geographic has the story here;
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/080220-vicus- 
pyramids.html




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