Discussion
5,200 holes carved into a Peruvian mountain left by an ancient economy
yomismoaqui: The first thing that came to my mind:https://imgur.com/gallery/lni-enigma-of-amigara-fault-junji-...
nomdep: I think this comment is substantially more informative than the article itself:https://newatlas.com/environment/5-200-holes-peruvian-mounta... Each hole is constructed- dug out and lined with rock. These are not mining holes, nor used to store things. If you want to store stuff, you would put these pits along the bottom of the hill, not running a long distance up the hill. They tried to keep the lines somewhat straight, crossing gullies. I can't guess what valid use they might have had, other than religious. They seem pointless.
opengrass: Maybe they were looking for a chest containing jewels, deeds, and promissory notes.
grosswait: The latest theory is a marketplace. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251110021048.h...
riskable: Yes but these holes are holier. Hence the religious explanation.
brudgers: [delayed]
pants2: Religion always seems like the default explanation for anything without an obvious use and it seems lazy. Maybe it was a game, a rite of passage, a boundary marker, or perhaps there was a Peruvian Mr. Beast running a competition. Anyone else remember the Cards Against Humanity "Holiday Hole"?
AyyEye: We always want to pretend that we're better and more evolved than those knuckle draggers of ages past -- simply because someone else made a computer for us to use.
neilv: COMEX warehouse? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mercantile_Exchange#E...
neves: Peru is a marvelous country, and one of the greatest trip destinations in the world. A travel guide described Peru as the Egypt of the Americas. I went there just knowing about the Incas, but they one just one among dozens of civilizations. It blows your mind.The greatest sadness is to see the amount of wonders destroyed by the Spanish invaders.
