When stone tools were considered lightning remnants – and weapons of the gods
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Neolithic stone axes were known as thunderstones and thought to have magical powers
  • acockworkorange@mander.xyzEnglish
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    6 months ago

    On the last part, you can see Jesuit exorcism markings on Tiwanaku and Inka statues. They tried to tear down temples too, but couldn’t figure out how to dismantle the foundations and first meter and a half off walls. So they used those to build European style dwellings on top of it.

    • Captain AggravatedEnglish
      615·
      6 months ago

      The smallest of the three pyramids at Giza has a giant gash down the side because some Muslims tried to tear it down because it was from another religion and Islam is founded primarily on hatred and violence.