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Remains of Incas, Chincha and Paracas Culture: A Bone Yard of the Ancients

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In my wildest dreams would I have never thought walking through a sandy plane scattered with ancient human remains was even possible. I never thought there could be a place like this left on the planet. We visited a cemetery with researcher Brien Foerster  on our recent trip to southern Peru. We stumbled across the remains of the Incas, Chincha and even those of the once thriving Paracas culture. This once burial site of the ancients is now a bone junk yard, only needing to dig into the shallow sandy dunes to uncover layer upon layer of grave sites. One culture upon another honored their dead by placing them in the ground, often with offerings of corn, cotton and…
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