Research in ruins - Earth.com

“It seems extraordinary that nobody really recognized [the towers] for what they were for so long,” the University of Leicester’s Professor Clive Ruggles told the BBC in 2007. That’s particularly strange when you consider just how impressive the site is. “I was gobsmacked when I saw them for the first time,” Ruggles added. And he wouldn’t have been alone. Photo Credit: MI PERÚ/Flickr

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