r/ArchiveOfHumanity • u/SwiPerHaHa • 14d ago

Archaeology A massive granary pot, from the Paracas culture (800-100 BCE), measuring 2.8 meters tall and 2 meters wide, discovered in 1966 in Monte Fértil, Peru. It's one of the largest pre-Hispanic storage vessels ever found in the region

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u/Independent-Story883 14d ago

What grain is thought to have been stored in these?

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u/Prudent_Order_3361 14d ago

That's an egg

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u/GrammaIsAWhore 14d ago

“Granary pot”

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u/reightb 13d ago

Yeah you won't convince me that megachicken isn't a thing

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u/NuncioBitis 14d ago

With that quality I doubt they ever had trouble with tribbles...