Human corpses of all ages — children, youth, adults, the elderly — were found inside and outside the houses of Kuélap. Archaeologists believe, because these bodies were not buried according to funerary rituals, a massacre occurred in Kuélap. Anthropologist Alfredo Narváez said it was not the work of the Incas or the Spaniards. He drew […]
Category: Ancient Civilizations
Next stop on our search for lost worlds is a walled fortress older than the Inca Empire. When I explored bygone worlds for my second novella, Man’s Best, I discovered Kuélap. I’d heard of popular ancient cultures such as ancient Egypt, the Greek Empire, the Roman Empire, and the Megalithic and Mayan civilizations, but I’d […]
Water covers about 71% of Earth’s surface. The oceans possess 96.5% of that water. It’s a given that all this water creates an ever changing landscape for the land masses of our planet. With that in mind it would be hard for anyone to insist that over the ages our continents and islands have remained consistent, […]