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Nazca Funerary Masks with Serpents as Hair
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Gold headdress ornament; Nasca, Peru, 400 B.C. – A.D. 600; 18.4 × 20.5 cm; Dallas […]

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Categories: 1 CE to Present 1000 BCE - 1 CE Andean Sculpture Tool / Weapon

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Inca Ruins at Moray, Peru
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Inca Ruins at Moray, Peru. CC BY-NC-ND Chuck Burgess via flickr. Circular stone terraces that were […]

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Categories: 1 CE to Present Andean Architecture

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The Paracas Candelabra, Peru
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The Paracas Candelabra, also called the Candelabra of the Andes, is a well-known prehistoric geoglyph ..

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Categories: 1000 BCE - 1 CE Andean Geoglyph

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The Owlman, Nazca, Perú
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Aerial view of the “Owlman” aka “Astronaut”, a geoglyph of the Nazca Lines, which ..

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Categories: 1000 BCE - 1 CE Andean

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Carajía sarcophagi from The Cloud People of Perú
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The Cloud People, Los Pinchudos, Carajía sarcophagi, Perú. CC-BY-SA J F via flickr. Wikipedia says: ..

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Categories: 1 CE to Present Andean Sculpture Western Amazon

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Closeup on Tiwanaku’s Portal of the Sun
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Closeup of the carvings on the pre-Incan Gate of the Sun. CC-BY-SA Jerrye and Roy […]

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Categories: 2000 - 1000 BCE Andean Architecture Sculpture

10 years ago

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The road to Fitz Roy
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The road to Fitz Roy, between Argentina and Chile. Photo © Marion Faria The mountain […]

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Categories: Andean Geology Photography

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