History Buffs

Puquios are systems of subterranean aqueducts found in the deserts of southern Peru and northern Chile. Of 36 known puquios in Peru, most still function and are relied upon to bring fresh water into the desert.

An Inca skull that underwent a trepanation. A gold plate was used as an implant showing clear bone reconstruction and osseointegration, that is, the patient survived. Gold Museum of Lima, Peru.

This bronze object, found in Sarmizegetuz, the capital of ancient Dacia (modern Romania), is an unusual archaeological find. It is over 2,000 years old, and its purpose is unknown. The Dacia capital was destroyed by the Romans in AD 106.

There are many similarities between the "mound-builders" of the Mississippi Valley (United States) and the Mayans (Mexico and Central America). However, this is the first time I've heard of similarities with people as far away as Ecuador. ─ One more thing, how did they know about elephants?

This is the photo of the last known samurai who lived till the middle of the XX century. The picture is located in a museum in Aizu Wakamatsu, the last standing ground of the Samurai. In the photo, we see large mustaches and European-like facial shapes, which are very different from modern Japanese. Ainu was a military cast, acknowledged today as Samurai.

Gold Sandals, Toe, and Finger Stalls, from the Tomb of Three Minor Wives of Thutmose III (c. 1425 BC), Egypt. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City)

Aramazd Chief and Creator God in Armenian mythology pre-Christian God Ahura Mazda, after the conquest of Armenia in the 6th-century BC.

3rd millennium BC Indus Valley painted vessel. Harappan Bronze Age, Mohenjo-Daro, Pakistan

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Charles Lindbergh urges Congress to negotiate with Hitler – 1941 Charles A. Lindbergh, a national hero since his nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic, testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Lend-Lease policy-and suggests that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Hitler. https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/01/23/this-day-in-history-charles-lindbergh-urges-congress-to-negotiate-with-hitler-1941/