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An altar with pyramidal copper bells found in Bolivia reveals the power of sacred sounds in the Inca Empire

12 August 2026 at 15:01
Atop an ancient grain storage building, in a settlement of the local Yampara elite, archaeologists Sonia Alconini and Walter SΓ‘nchez-Canedo have uncovered an exceptional find: a set of six copper bells folded into a pyramidal shape, deposited as a ritual offering more than five centuries ago, during the expansion of the Inca Empire through the […]

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