They called it the “Great Heap.” It towered above the surface of one of the Chincha Islands off the coast of Peru. Take a look at these photos from 1865: At first glance, it looks kind of like a mountain. A little bit like Uluru/Ayers Rock in Australia, perhaps. But this towering structure, a couple of hundred feet high, was not a mountain of rock.
When the World Ran on Bird Shit
When the World Ran on Bird Shit
When the World Ran on Bird Shit
They called it the “Great Heap.” It towered above the surface of one of the Chincha Islands off the coast of Peru. Take a look at these photos from 1865: At first glance, it looks kind of like a mountain. A little bit like Uluru/Ayers Rock in Australia, perhaps. But this towering structure, a couple of hundred feet high, was not a mountain of rock.