Archaeologists discover lost city in Peru built by pre-Inca Cloud Forest people

[Judi Lynn]

Archaeologists discover lost city in Peru built by pre-Inca Cloud Forest people
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 10:18 AM on 03rd December 2008

A fortified citadel that appears to belong to the pre-Inca era has been discovered by a team of archaeologists in remote Amazonian rainforest in Peru.

The citadel comprises fortifications, parts of which are covered in rock paintings, stone houses and large platforms believed to be used to grind seeds and plants for food and medicine.

It sits atop a chasm that may have been used as a lookout, said archaeologist Benedict Goicochea Perez.

The encampment is thought to belong to the ancient Chachapoyas civilisation whose glory days occurred over a thousand years ago, pre-dating the powerful Incas, he said.

More:
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1091550/Archaeologists-discover-lost-city-Peru-built-pre-Inca-Cloud-Forest-people.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. Photos:

http://www.eviajado.com.nyud.net:8090/files/2008/06/chachapoyas_kuelap.jpg

http://www.eviajado.com/general/amazonas-tierra-de-flores.html

http://cache.virtualtourist.com.nyud.net:8090/3468476-Kuelap-Chachapoyas.jpg

http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/b062f/1896b3/

http://farm1.static.flickr.com.nyud.net:8090/76/167202814_d58a0ae1a4.jpg

http://www.chachapoyastours.com/iframe/chachapoyas-tours/POWER%20OF%20HUACAS%20AND%20SACRED%20WATER.html

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. More here with photos

http://www.inkanatura.com/kuelap_chachapoyas.asp

[Judi Lynn]

3. Breathtaking! What a shame these people have been completely forgotten for so very long.

From your link:
http://www.inkanatura.com.nyud.net:8090/images/kuelapfortresshor10.jpg

Thanks.