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The Lost Pyramids of Caral.

Caral dates from 2,600 BC making it one of the earliest known civilisations on Earth The magnificent ancient city of pyramids at Caral in Peru hit the headlines in 2001. The site is a thousand years older than the earliest known civilisation in the Americas and, at 2,627 BC, is as old as the pyramids of Egypt. Many now believe it is the fabled missing link of archaeology - a 'mother city'. If so, then these extraordinary findings could finally answer one of the great questions of archaeology: why did humans become civilised?

The mother of all cities

For over a century, archaeologists have been searching for what they call a mother city. Civilisation began in only six areas of the world: Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, Peru and Central America. In each of these regions people moved from small family units to build cities of thousands of people. They crossed the historic divide, one of the great moments in human history. Why? To find the answer archaeologists needed to find a mother city - the first stage of city-building.

Civilisation through conflict

They couldn't find one anywhere. Everywhere this first stage seemed destroyed or built over. And so, instead, scientists developed a number of theories. Some said it was because of the development of trade, others that it was irrigation. Some even today believe it was all because of aliens. Gradually an uneasy consensus emerged. The key force common to all civilisations was warfare.

The theory was that only the fear of war could motivate people to give up the simple life and form complex societies. To prove it, archaeologists still had to find a city from that very first stage of civilisation. If it showed signs of warfare, then the theory had to be true.

Peruvian archaeologist, Ruth ShadyWhen archaeologist Ruth Shady discovered her 5,000 year old city of pyramids in the Peruvian desert, all eyes were on the New World. Ruth's extraordinary city, known as Caral, is so much older than anything else in South America that it is a clear candidate to be the mother city. It also is in pristine condition. Nothing has been built on it at all. Instead laid out before the world is an elaborate complex of pyramids, temples, an amphitheatre and ordinary houses.

Make love not war

Crucially, there is not the faintest trace of warfare at Caral; no battlements, no weapons, no mutilated bodies. Instead, Ruth's findings suggest it was a gentle society, built on commerce and pleasure. In one of the pyramids they uncovered beautiful flutes made from condor and pelican bones. They have also found evidence of a culture that took drugs and perhaps aphrodisiacs. Most stunning of all, they have found the remains of a baby, lovingly wrapped and buried with a precious necklace made of stone beads.

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[JugglingJake]

So it starts out it was a peaceful place based on trade. OH WAIT! A baby's body, they must have sacrificed it, this was not a happy place after all. (A minute later) Never mind! The baby wasn't sacrificed, it was a happy place based on trade. The fact that the documentary changed direction so quickly based on digging up a grave pretty much makes me wonder how accurate any of it is.

[Ziggurathss]

@JugglingJake 'quote' :

'The fact that the documentary changed direction so quickly based on digging up a grave pretty much makes me wonder how accurate any of it is.

you have a ^point

[LTDskateapparel]

@Ziggurathss i see what you're saying but imo it might be going a bit far... while obviously not all of the documentary may be accurate, i think it's simply the bbc trying to dramatise it. they found some bones so they made it a big "oooh was it really what we thought?!" just to keep people interested. trying to add one final twist in the tale or whatever.

[Ziggurathss]

@LTDskateapparel though I think the British documentaries are acurater than the American, the truth has many questions and even answers. pity there's little updates on the oldest city in the world.tx

[TheGuysmily]

Heirarchies tend not to develop if there isn't an inequity in a society. The inequality, usually social and wealth based, eventually leads to conflict and competition. Since this video loves to make broad leaps of faith, here's mine: the inequality that allowed Caral's elite to mobilize the populous eventually led to competition that consumed resources and the eventual downfall of the civilization. Peaceful rhetoric disproven.

[Ziggurathss]

@TheGuysmily my opinion? A plausible explanation.

Same happened with the Hittites when they left their city Hattusha burned and disappeared into nowhere...

tx

[BritishTexan]

Wonderful program! Thank you very much for posting it. :)

[Mrciberamauta]

@insipidotu SO THAT THEY HAVE NOT FOUND ARMS OF ANY CLASS

[M0b1u5]

@Ziggurathss NO - it doesn't.

It's a fucking TV program, and they need DRAMA! So they go nuts with it.

The BBC has gone down the shitter, just like the USA did decades ago.

[pingguo2]

Thanks for the upload zigguraths, this complements my reading of Armesto's history well.

[yepyepanathefox]

I hate watching documentaries. They're so boring.

[kimokamal5]

@LTDskateapparel I agree with u, this is the style of the "Horizon" BBC series , and I have seen a lot of them, just to make it a bit more intrstng. but i think its intrstng as it is anyway. maybe they just add these twists to appeal for americans, hahahaha

[kimokamal5]

@Ziggurathss Of course BBC docs r more accurate ( u cant say accurater ) than American ones, American docs r just stupid, and thats why americans r so stupid and closed minded.

[kimokamal5]

But even if they sacrificed humans so what?! they did to please the Gods, or so they thought, they didnt do it for fun!!

[vonbiron]

Burying elders or children under the floor in the house where family lived, often one room in all, is not unusual in stone age, but also later in more advanced ancient civilizations, f.ex. Asia Minor, or Scotland .

[Engineer245]

Since throughtout the history of mankind most children died as babys. I would also expect to find women who died in childbirth. Yes great things can come from piece but the greed of a few has always been a major driving force in eventially bring down all societies. A sad sad shame but true! If mankind could just identify the greed gene and eliminate all those who have it I would say this would be justified!

[NottinghamAzn]

3:22 dildo they didnt show