The Jews were here, The Jews were here (link)

[_The Mighty Builder]

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=240920 ... featured-3



SAN MARTIN DE PORRES, Peru — Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a temple in Lima that dates to 3000 B.C., potentially making it older than Stonehenge.

The building, discovered in the El Paraiso archaeological complex in northern Lima, is a stone rectangle that covers 517 square feet. It was plastered with a mud layer and decorated with red paint, according to the Peruvian Ministry of Culture.

The structure included features never before discovered in Peru. It could be defined as a temple, according to the ministry, and contained signs of fire that would have been tied to religious tradition.

Deputy minister Rafael male Gabai said the findings open avenues for further research and preservation in the area, which was originally explored in 1965 and slated for preservation in 2012.

According to archaeologists, the only access to the temple is a 48-inch-wide gap. Only one person can enter the temple's center room, which was a flat, rectangular area in the center of which would have been a ceremonial fire used for burnt offerings.

"This discovery in El Paraiso is particularly important because it is the first of this type of structure that is located in the central coast, which confirms that the current Lima region was one of the centers of civilization in the Andean region, demonstrating its religious, economic and political (value) since time immemorial," Gabai said.

[_Quasimodo]

I understand that it's the discarded yarmulkes strewn across the floors of the ruins that have archaeologist's baffled.

[_harmony]

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=24092058&nid=1012&title=5000-year-old-temple-discovered-in-peru&fm=home_page&s_cid=featured-3



SAN MARTIN DE PORRES, Peru — Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a temple in Lima that dates to 3000 B.C., potentially making it older than Stonehenge.

The building, discovered in the El Paraiso archaeological complex in northern Lima, is a stone rectangle that covers 517 square feet. It was plastered with a mud layer and decorated with red paint, according to the Peruvian Ministry of Culture.

The structure included features never before discovered in Peru. It could be defined as a temple, according to the ministry, and contained signs of fire that would have been tied to religious tradition.

Deputy minister Rafael male Gabai said the findings open avenues for further research and preservation in the area, which was originally explored in 1965 and slated for preservation in 2012.

According to archaeologists, the only access to the temple is a 48-inch-wide gap. Only one person can enter the temple's center room, which was a flat, rectangular area in the center of which would have been a ceremonial fire used for burnt offerings.

"This discovery in El Paraiso is particularly important because it is the first of this type of structure that is located in the central coast, which confirms that the current Lima region was one of the centers of civilization in the Andean region, demonstrating its religious, economic and political (value) since time immemorial," Gabai said.

What's the link to the Jews?

[_Quasimodo]

What's the link to the Jews?

The link may be a humorous one to the Book of Mormon.

[_The Mighty Builder]

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=24092058&nid=1012&title=5000-year-old-temple-discovered-in-peru&fm=home_page&s_cid=featured-3



SAN MARTIN DE PORRES, Peru — Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a temple in Lima that dates to 3000 B.C., potentially making it older than Stonehenge.

The building, discovered in the El Paraiso archaeological complex in northern Lima, is a stone rectangle that covers 517 square feet. It was plastered with a mud layer and decorated with red paint, according to the Peruvian Ministry of Culture.

The structure included features never before discovered in Peru. It could be defined as a temple, according to the ministry, and contained signs of fire that would have been tied to religious tradition.

Deputy minister Rafael male Gabai said the findings open avenues for further research and preservation in the area, which was originally explored in 1965 and slated for preservation in 2012.

According to archaeologists, the only access to the temple is a 48-inch-wide gap. Only one person can enter the temple's center room, which was a flat, rectangular area in the center of which would have been a ceremonial fire used for burnt offerings.

"This discovery in El Paraiso is particularly important because it is the first of this type of structure that is located in the central coast, which confirms that the current Lima region was one of the centers of civilization in the Andean region, demonstrating its religious, economic and political (value) since time immemorial," Gabai said.

What's the link to the Jews?

Stating that it was for BURNT offering like unto the Jewish Temple Ceremony, without evidence.

[_tapirrider]

Mormons, let's hear your explanations.

It dates to about 3,000 BC. Abraham wasn't even born yet from what I see in LDS materials. Noah's flood hadn't happened yet.
http://lds.org/gospellibrary/materials/ ... ne_000.pdf

And the Jaradites didn't exist then either.
http://lds.org/gospellibrary/materials/BofMChart000.pdf

[_ZelphtheGreat]

The absence of Bagels has archaeologists baffled - but discerning LDS know the reason for this in a Jewish Temple. The inhabitants ate them all and disposed of the Cream Cheese containers.

[_Tobin]

Mormons, let's hear your explanations.

It dates to about 3,000 BC. Abraham wasn't even born yet from what I see in LDS materials. Noah's flood hadn't happened yet.
http://lds.org/gospellibrary/materials/ ... ne_000.pdf

And the Jaradites didn't exist then either.
http://lds.org/gospellibrary/materials/BofMChart000.pdf

I don't see why Mormons need to answer you. You clearly don't understand Mormon theology very well. The practice of building an altar and offering burnt offerings started with Adam, not Abraham, Noah or the Jaredites.

[_tapirrider]

I don't see why Mormons need to answer you. You clearly don't understand Mormon theology very well. The practice of building an altar and offering burnt offerings started with Adam, not Abraham, Noah or the Jaredites.

Lima Peru is about 3,700 miles away from Daviess County Missouri, where Mormons believe Adam was living when that temple was in use. How did Adam's people get that far away so quickly? Why does it even need to be assumed that the temple had anything to do with Adam?

[_Tobin]

I don't see why Mormons need to answer you. You clearly don't understand Mormon theology very well. The practice of building an altar and offering burnt offerings started with Adam, not Abraham, Noah or the Jaredites.

Lima Peru is about 3,700 miles away from Daviess County Missouri, where Mormons believe Adam was living when that temple was in use. How did Adam's people get that far away so quickly? Why does it even need to be assumed that the temple had anything to do with Adam?

The Adamites had been on the planet for thousands of years by that point in time and despite what you believe, human beings are surprisingly mobile creatures.