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Waru Waru: Ancient Andean Climate Engineering
To celebrate national Hispanic heritage month, let’s talk about the ancient Aymara peoples.
The waru waru system is one of the most amazing achievements of ancient Andean engineering. The Aymara peoples developed it over 2000 years ago near Lake Titicaca.
The Inca Empire knew of it but never adopted the technology. By the time the Spanish arrived, the fields were buried and nearly lost, though pilots could still see their geometric patterns from above.
Theories ranged from religious geoglyphs to astronomical markers and alien landing pads. It was not until the 1990s that researchers…
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