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Burial of De Soto – De Soto died in his camp on the shores of the Mississippi, June 5th, 1542, and was entombed at midnight in its flood, which still sings ...See more

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Algunos de estos barrios se organizaban alrededor de templos en forma de D, una suerte de arquitectura ritual comunal típica de la sociedad wari ...

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Wari dignitaries are shown wearing colorful woven garments, headdresses, metal jewelry, mosaic earspools, and facial painting. It is essential to think of Wari ...

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Moche decorated ceramics were ultimately placed in burials or made especially for the dead, most were produced to be used by the living in everyday life.

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Wari—the capital of the Wari empire—was established in a part of the Andean range that is relatively poor for agriculture compared to other ...

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Artists of the Moche cultures excelled at the creation of “portrait vessels,” so-called for their striking apparent resemblance to specific individuals.

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A fanged, supernatural figure with raptor claws encircled by red octagons was painted with a red iron pigment in the 4th or 3rd century BCE.

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Multiple readings of designs and the sharing of design components are characteristic of Chavín art. Fanged faces, referring to felines and snakes, and elements ...

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