With the help of infrared images caught by a satellite, Italian scientists are shortage one old pyramid near the archaeological zone of Cahuachi, in Peru, considered the city of greater adobe of the world.

Incola Masini and Rosa Lasaponara, of the National Council of Investigation of Italy discovered the structure analyzing images of the Quickbird satellite, with which layers of rock and mud became blurred until finding the base of the pyramid.

According to it publishes the site in Internet Msnbc.com (in English), the investigators managed to optimize the quality of the images until obtaining a detailed vision of the base of 9 thousand meters squared of the pyramid.

We know that still there are many buildings buried under the ground of Cahuachi, but until now was almost impossible to locate them and to detect its form from an aerial view. The main problem was the little resistance between the adobe and the subsoil, said Masini.

With a base of about 90 percent meters, just the open pie pyramid consists of at least four terraces with descendent levels that suggest a design similar to the one of the Great Pyramid of Cahuachi. This archaeological zone in Peru was cradle of the civilization Is born, that bloomed in Peru between centuries I a.C and V d.C and fell in the forgetfulness while the empire Inca dominated the $andes.

Source: www.eluniversal.com

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