[Torg] NNWS: Akashan base discovered...

[Stephen John Smoogen]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/15/peru.temple.ap/index.html

 LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of an
ancient temple, roadway and irrigation systems at a famed fortress
overlooking the Inca capital of Cuzco, according to officials involved
with the dig.
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Archaeologists say the temple could predate Inca structures.

The temple on the periphery of the Sacsayhuaman fortress casts added
light on pre-Inca cultures of Peru, showing that the site had
religious as well as military aims, according to researchers.

It includes 11 rooms thought to have held mummies and idols, lead
archaeologist Oscar Rodriguez told The Associated Press.

The team of archaeologists that made the discoveries believes the
structures predated the Inca empire but were then significantly
developed and expanded.

"It's from both the Inca and pre-Inca cultures; it has a sequence,"
Washington Camacho, director of the Sacsayhuaman Archaeological Park,
told the AP on Thursday. "The Incas entered and changed the form of
the temple, as it initially had a more rustic architecture."

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