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The Oldest Bling in the Americas

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Ancient gold necklace discovered in Peru – Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON – The earliest known gold jewelry made in the Americas has been discovered in southern Peru. The gold necklace, made nearly 4,000 years ago, was found in a burial site near Lake Titicaca, researchers report in Tuesday’s issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d[‘pA6uE0SOxJQ-‘]=’&U=13bvk7v25%2fN%3dpA6uE0SOxJQ-%2fC%3d632490.12369383.12752446.1442997%2fD%3dLREC%2fB%3d5168412’;

The discovery “was a complete shock,” said Mark Aldenderfer, an anthropologist at the University of Arizona.

“It was not expected in the least,” he said in a telephone interview. “It’s always fun to find something and go, ‘Wow, what is that doing here?’”

What is going on here indeed.   I could have sworn I kept that thing in a vault.   Aahh, too much wine during my pirating days.

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