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Map of pre-Columbian cultures Poporo Quimbaya in the Gold Museum, Bogotá Colombia Seated gold figure from the Museo de América (Museum of America). Quimbaya artifacts refer to a range of primarily ceramic and gold objects surviving from the Quimbaya civilisation, one of many pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia inhabiting the Middle Cauca River valley and southern Antioquian region of modern ...
Positioned on Broadway, in Manhattan, New York City, is the Charging Bull Statue, also called the Bull of Wall Street. The 7,100-pound bronze sculpture is 11 feet high and 16 feet long.
The collection included gold-works resembling local Quimbaya animals such as fish, frogs and reptiles, where the so called "jets" could be recognised as a form of bird or fish statue. A major reason for the spread of misinformation was due to the Ancient Aliens segment setting out to "prove" the artifacts were rooted in representations of ...
[2] [3] [4] The Piartal culture (750–1250 AD) in the mountainous region on the Colombia–Ecuador border produced unique methods of producing pottery as well as patterns inspired by animal or snake skin. Vessels were created for use in secondary burial, or the practice of allowing the flesh to decompose and then reburying the bones.
Guadalupe Hill, another prominent hill above Bogotá, on top of which is a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe; Monserrate, the mountain on which the church is located;
The Metropolitan and Primate Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception and Saint Peter of Bogotá or better known as the Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Bogotá and Primate of Colombia, officially Sacred Holy Temple Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica and Primate of the Immaculate Conception of Mary and Saint Peter, is a cathedral church of Catholic worship consecrated to the Immaculate ...
The Guadalupe Hill and the statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe are among the main touristic attractions of Bogotá. The top of the hill offers a viewpoint (mirador) for the Colombian capital. The hill can be accessed via a walking trail, used by pilgrims since colonial times, or by the road to Choachí via the Avenida Circunvalar. [2] [14]
The statues present both anthropomorphic and zoomorphic features (from crocodiles, bats and jaguars), having short legs. Approximately 300 statues were found. They were painted in bright colors, mainly yellow, red, black and white, but today only a few of them are still colored. The statues vary in height, the tallest being 23 feet (7.0 m) tall.