[Aztlan] 17 ancient wooden statuettes found at Chan Chan

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

Peruvian archaeologists have found 17 very rare ancient wooden  
statuettes at the Chan Chan site. They date from 1350 CE. They were  
placed in niches in the walls. They were produced by the Chimu Culture.

Andina has the short report here with 3 photos;
http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=ncIuOnaSF9g=

A tiny URL;
  http://tiny.cc/Scdg2

(Tech note; I could not get the slideshow of the 3 photos to work on  
Safari. They do work on Firefox)

Mike Ruggeri

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