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Ritual Chambers of the Andes: Used in Secret, Near Death Simulations

Freddy Silva
Freddy Silva
February
24
/ 2026
Ritual Chambers of the Andes: Used in Secret, Near Death Simulations

What if everything you thought you knew about the ancient Inka was wrong? History tells us they were master builders, but what if their most impressive structures were never meant for the dead at all?

August
13
/2025
AI Reveals New Secrets of the Nazca
AI Reveals New Secrets of the Nazca
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May
16
/2024
Painting "Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru", by John Everett Millais, showing Pizarro in the act of capturing the king of the Inca Atahualpa.	Source: Public Domain
The Fateful Meeting of Atahualpa & Pizarro (with Prof. Tom Cummins, Harvard)
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April
06
/2024
Performing an offering ceremony to Pachamama in the Andes region of Peru. Source: Yuri - Supay / Adobe Stock
The Traditional Offering Ceremony of the Andes: How to Maintain Balance Between the Material and Spiritual Worlds
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March
01
/2024
Panorama of Sacsayhuamán (Diego Delso/ CC BY-SA 4.0)
Hidden Monoliths Beneath Sacsayhuaman Point To Lost Civilization
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April
13
/2023
Bust of Fransisco de Orellana (Ricardo Algár/Adobe Stock) Amazon rainforest (William Perez/Adobe Stock)
Francisco Orellana’s Accidental Discovery Of The Amazon
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November
21
/2022
Recovered in Bolivia in 1932 the “Bennet monolith” is often referred to as the “Pachamama stela” and is believed to depict the Earth Mother goddess (Pavel Špindler/ CC BY-SA 3.0)
Transformation Of Andean Earth Goddess Pachamama Into The Virgin Mary
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May
17
/2017
Diagram of the Seqe/Ceke system of Cusco, a believed system of energy lines radiating from Cusco that connected through the cities, shrines, temples and sacred sites of the Incan empire. Planned intricately, the temple of Coricancha sat at the center.
Rediscovering the Lost Code of the Inca Cosmic Power Matrix
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May
10
/2017
The night sky, Night display at an ceremony of Inca Heritage at the Pachacama Complex
Viracocha's Astronomical Creation Engine
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July
06
/2016
Detail of a Moche Sacrifice Ceremony depicted on a bottle.
When it Rained Blood in Northern Peru: The Mystical, Macabre, and Mysterious Moche Sacrifice Ceremony
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March
09
/2016
Shrunken heads in the permanent collection of "Ye Olde Curiosity Shop", Seattle, Washington state, U.S.
How to Shrink a Head: The Shuar Creation of Tsantsa
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November
24
/2015
Niches carved into the rock at El Fuerte, Bolivia.
El Fuerte: The Mysterious Archaeological Site of Samaipata in Bolivia
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