"The Incas & Ancient Peru" Dr Rietveld Zoom Talk-March12, 8pm

History buffs and Anthropology enthusiasts, join us for professor Dr. James Rietveld's Zoom talk "The Incas & Ancient Peru: Celestial Gods, Powerful Lords, Massive Pyramids, Lost Cities, and Mysterious Riddles" for Ipso Facto on Thursday, March12, 8 pm.

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The mysteries of Ancient Peru, leading up to the Incas, has certainly made an impression both amongst academics and the general public alike from the civilization of the Sechin Bajo dating back to 3500 BCE through to that of the Inca Empire ending with the Spanish conquest in 1532 CE.
Those of ancient Peru were engaged in huge construction programs, often building extensive pyramids that dot the landscape (the Sican built 250 pyramids in the Lambayesque valley alone) and massive stepped temple platforms.
Sometimes they used adobe bricks to build their civic and religious monuments, other times they used massive stones, some weighing up to 360 tons (about the weight of 500 passenger cars) as in the case of the site of Sacsayhuaman. Meanwhile, the Nazca (200 BCE-800 CE) of Peru are most famous for their famous drawings that cover the landscape for miles that can only be understood from far above.
The Incas and other Peruvians often elongated their skulls through binding in early childhood, and were also able to conduct skull surgery by drilling holes in the patient’s heads with a high survival rate.
As for the Inca Empire, this was one of the most organized states in the world, with a complex religious system involving a beneficent Sun god and a semi-divine king derived from him.
Here, royal and noble mummies were revered and even held land long after their deaths.
Join us to explore the history, mysteries and legends of Ancient Peru and learn more about these fascinating cultures tucked beneath the Andes Mountains!!!

This lecture will be posted on the Dr. James Rietveld Salon Lecture You Tube channel, where you can also watch previous lectures: dr.jamesrietveldsalonlectu2903

• Dr. James Rietveld is a professor at CSU, Fullerton and Cal Poly Pomona, CA of History, Anthropology, Religion with a PHD from Claremont School of Religion, is author of two books, and can be seen on History channel's "Crazy Rich Ancients."

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