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The Nazca lines (/ ˈ n ɑː z k ə /, /-k ɑː / [1]) are a group of over 700 geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. [2] [3] They were created between 500 BC and 500 AD by people making depressions or shallow incisions in the desert floor, removing pebbles and leaving different-colored dirt exposed. [4]
Inca tern Inca tern at Walsrode Bird Park, Germany, eating a fish Conservation status Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae Genus: Larosterna Blyth, 1852 Species: L. inca Binomial name Larosterna inca (Lesson & Garnot, 1827) Range of L. inca Year-round range Non-breeding range ...
The Inca valued gold among all other metals, and equated it with the sun god Inti. Some Inca buildings in the capital of Cusco were literally covered in gold, and most contained many gold and silver sculptures. Most art was abstract in nature. Inca ceramics were primarily large vessels covered in geometric designs.
The Inca jay was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1775 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. [2] The bird was also illustrated in a hand-colored plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton ...
Art historian Dawn Ades writes, "Far from being inferior, or purely decorative, crafts like textiles or ceramics, have always had the possibility of being the bearers of vital knowledge, beliefs and myths." [51] Recognizable art markets between Natives and non-Natives emerged upon contact, but the 1820–1840s were a highly prolific time.
The great Inca finch (Incaspiza pulchra) is a species of passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It was traditionally placed in the family Emberizidae. It is endemic to Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. Santa Eulalia Valley - Peru
The Inca finches form the genus Incaspiza, of finch-like birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. They were traditionally placed in the family Emberizidae, but molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that they belong in Thraupidae instead. Both their scientific and common name refer to the Incan civilization.
The Inca laid the city of Cusco in the shape of a puma, with the head of the puma at Sacsayhuaman, [107] a shape that is still discernible in aerial photographs of the city today. The iconography of Inca art, while clearly drawing from its many predecessors, is still recognizably Inca.