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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days ago

5,000 mysterious holes carved into a Peruvian hillside were an 'ancient computer' used for accounting - 10bmnews

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5,000 mysterious holes carved into a Peruvian hillside were an 'ancient computer' used for accounting - 10bmnews

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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days ago

For nearly a century, thousands of strange holes carved into a barren Peruvian hillside puzzled archaeologists, historians, and even conspiracy theorists.

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It sounds more like a measurement system than a computer as we think of it.

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