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The Huaca del Sol is an adobe brick pyramid built by the Moche civilization (100 AD to 800 AD) on the northern coast of what is now Peru. The pyramid is one of several ruins found near the volcanic peak of Cerro Blanco , in the coastal desert near Trujillo at the Moche Valley.
In this context, the stalls of the Cathedral choir, the fountain of the Main Square of Lima [2] both by Pedro de Noguera, and a great part of the colonial production were registered. The first center of art established by the Spanish was the Cuzco School that taught Quechua artists European painting styles.
On a bench in the "sun room", the Sapa Inca sat with the mummies of his ancestors. This and other rooms were oriented northeast–southwest, shingled in gold plate, and embedded with emeralds and turquoise. Focusing the sun's rays with a concave mirror, the Sapa Inca would light a fire for the burnt sacrifice of llamas.
In the next book, Prisoners of the Sun, Pachacamac was the name of the Sun god worshiped by an ancient Incan tribe still active in South America. In the sixth book, The Broken Ear, a wooden head of Pachacamac is exhibited in the museum of Ethnography in Brussels. A character in the video game Sonic Adventure is named Pachacamac after the ...
This category is for depictions of the Sun, the Solar System's star, and not the depiction of light or sunshine. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The most notable Intihuantana [1] is an archaeological site located at Machu Picchu [2] in the Sacred Valley near Machu Picchu, Peru. The name of the stone (coined perhaps by Hiram Bingham ) is derived from Quechua: inti means "sun", and wata- is the verb root "to tie, hitch (up)" ( huata- is simply a Spanish spelling).
Chan Chan (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃaɲ 'tʃaŋ]), sometimes itself called Chimor, was the capital city of the Chimor kingdom. It was the largest city of the pre-Columbian era in South America. [1] It is now an archeological site in the department of La Libertad five kilometers (3.1 mi) west of Trujillo, Peru. [2]
[1] [2] A frieze at the Sechin Bajo site of the Casma/Sechin culture has been dated to 3600 BCE, the oldest monument found in Peru. [3] Norte Chico civilization (Also known as the Caral-Supe civilization, nearly from 3,500 BCE to 1,800 BCE)" [4] El Paraíso, Peru, a Late Preceramic cite in the Lima region (3500–1800 BC)