About 20 years ago, Peruvian archaeologist Ruth Shady Solis of the University of San Marcos revealed that the pyramid city of Caral was already a thriving metropolis at the time when the great pyramids were being built, thus predating all known pre-Columbian civilizations by millennia.

Caral is one of the many population centers of the now long-gone Norte Chico civilization that inhabited modern-day Peru. This civilization, as it appears, was not inferior to the ancient Egyptians. Among the grandeur structures of Caral, archaeologists have discovered pyramids, round squares, an amphitheater, numerous homes, and even an underground irrigation system.

It is no wonder why scientists often refer to Caral as one of the engineering marvels of the ancient world. The city was built to withstand powerful earthquakes that often occur in the seismic territory of Peru.

How did Caral remain hidden from our eyes until recent years? It was actually discovered in 1905 by German archaeologists but since all the structures we see today were hidden under hills and mounds, it did not draw the necessary attention. It took more than 60 years before it grabbed the attention of archaeologists and then another 20 before excavations began.

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The urban centres are the first to be discovered in the region, challenging archaeological dogma.

Mysterious mounds in the southwest corner of the Amazon Basin were once the site of ancient urban settlements, scientists have discovered. Using a remote-sensing technology to map the terrain from the air, they found that, starting about 1,500 years ago, ancient Amazonians built and lived in densely populated centres, featuring 22-metre-tall earthen pyramids, that were encircled by kilometres of elevated roadways.

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Ravne Complex and Archaeological and Tourist Park “Ravne 2” on Saturday, May 21, 2022 were the site of the International Taekwondo Tournament “Pyramid Open Visoko 2022” organized by TKD “Bosna” Visoko and the Foundation “Archaeological Park: Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun”.

This was another unforgettable sporting event in the Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids, which gathered over 400 competitors from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, but also a large number of coaches, parents and other guests, so that the park “Ravne 2” was full throughout the day guests, of which for a large number this was the first visit and the first tour of the Foundation’s locations.

– Organizationally, although it was a little difficult to plan and organize everything in the open, the tournament deserved the highest possible rating, but also in terms of the number of visitors and competitors who arrived today. This was another unforgettable event that we organized at our beautiful locations in the Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids, and content and events will not be missing this year, but we are preparing for our traditional festival on the occasion of summer, but also for many other events that will enrich offer of the Visoko and our country. – the program director of the park “Ravne 2”, Evelina Cehajic, told us.

For this occasion and this event, the contents of the park, Time Machine and labyrinths have been turned into battlefields, and a large number of competitors will forever remember the performance in the park “Ravne 2”, because many of them achieved their first victories in this competition, but also won the first medals.

At the opening of the tournament, the organizer, the director of TKD “Bosna” Visoko, Edin Kajevic, also thanked the people and companies that helped organize this event, and he expressed special gratitude to dr. Semir Osmanagic and the Foundation, for help with the organization, as well as the locations where the tournament was held.

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