Ancient calendar exposed me in Peru

Archaeologists have discovered a work considered a huge prehistoric calendar, made of carvings arranged in a circle, at the temple in Buena Vista, Peru.

Scary face image (Photo: yubanet)

The work, dating back to 2,200 BC, is the oldest of its kind known in the Americas. In Mexico there are similar buildings built by the Maya but only about 2,000 years old.

It can create spectacular views for viewers 4,000 years ago. Tall sculptures - made from mud mixed with hay and clay plaster - are painted bright yellow and red.

Robert Benfer, the project supervisor and anthropologist at the University of Missouri, said the temple and the sculpture seem to have astrological correlations to help people monitor their crops.

Events such as the setting sun and decaying points and solstice can create straight lines that connect points from the temple entrance, to the carvings and rooms.

In these rooms, archaeologists found many items used in religious ceremonies such as cotton seeds, guava, gourd, squash, beans and grass. In a hole in the center of the temple also contains shells, shells, crabs and fish bones. These items can be offered to the gods to pray to avoid supernatural phenomena.

The team found no signs of human sacrifice, but they found a mummy of women in fetal position. The Andea have a tradition of burying the dead in holy places.

The most bizarre object found in the temple is a large disc shaped with a scowling face when the sun goes down on June 21, the start of the harvest. However, researcher Hugo Ludeña at Federico Villarreal University said that the wrinkled face represents Pacha Mama, the earth mother becomes sad when the sun goes down.