The World's Oldest City?

This Peruvian City, with its pyramids, is now estimated to have thrived between 5,000 and 7,000 years before our present date. That makes it 2,000 years older than Egypt.

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Gregg Braden in his very recent Gaia presentation suggests our historical timeline is simply wrong, and that the Peruvian civilisation of Caral pre-dates both Egypt and Sumeria by some two thousand years.

As a geologist, his viewpoint should be taken seriously, as it turns all our assumptions about the origins of civilisation on their head. As we saw hinted in Carmen Boulter's work (see here) we may have to make a lot of changes in how we see the history of the world now!

His work is summarised in his current series on Gaia.com. It can be found here.

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Part of the time line suggested by Gregg Braden - with BP = Before Present.
He makes a point that there seem to be significant shifts on Earth every 5,000 years. Note his estimate of the age of Caral puts it almost entirely before Egyptian civilisation .

The video below - with music, images but no commentary – gives an idea about how impressive Caral and its pyramids are.