5500 year old plaza found in Peru


	5500 year old plaza found in Peru

invictus

5-29-2008 9:58 AM

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archaeology, south america, peru, sechin bajo, science

invictus says:

Ground breaking discoveries began to come one after another in Peru. History textbooks need to be changed.

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5-31-2008 9:43 AM

skwirlinator

Isn't it funny that what we think we know, we really don't know...

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