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  2. Paracas culture - Wikipedia

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    [10] [5] Nasca had shared religion with the Paracas, and continued the traditions of textile making, head-hunting, and warfare in early phases. [5] Hendrik Van Gijseghem notes that Paracas remains in the Río Grande de Nazca drainage, the heartland of Nazca culture, are limited. [11]

  3. Kon (Pre-Incan mythology) - Wikipedia

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    By 1483, both the Paracas and Nazca Civilizations had ceased to exist, and the Inca Empire ruled over parts of present-day Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. [citation needed] The Incas did not praise the god Kón anymore, but a new god of creation, named Viracocha. The creation myth of the god Viracocha begins differently from that ...

  4. Regional Museum of Ica "Adolfo Bermúdez Jenkins" - Wikipedia

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    The museum contains artifacts from various indigenous cultures of Peru, these are the Inca, Nazca, Chincha, Wari and Paracas. The museum includes Inca utensils, Paracas textiles, Nazca ceramics as well as a miniature model of the Nazca lines. [5] The museum contains archaeological pieces such as ancient bones as well as a collection of huacos. [6]

  5. Tecuexe - Wikipedia

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    The Tecuexe language is now extinct and very little is known about it. It was likely a Uto-Aztecan language.. The study of the toponyms of the Rio Verde region in Los Altos de Jalisco infers the presence of abundant words ending in íc/tíc, which is consistent with a similar phenomenon in the Valles de Tequila region, where very similar locative suffixes are usually related to the presence of ...

  6. Julio C. Tello - Wikipedia

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    Impressed with the Paracas textile collection, he authorized the new Museo de Antropolgia to house it. On January 3, 1939, Tello was named its first director. [3] This is now the Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú. The Julio C Tello Museum on the Paracas Peninsula is named in his honour. After the national marine ...

  7. Paracas (municipality) - Wikipedia

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    The Museo Julio C. Tello , also found just near the southwestern edge of Paracas Bay, provides information about Paracas culture and the many unique species, particularly birds, inhabiting the area. Paracas lies in a windy area where strong air currents carry sand, hence the town's name "Paracas", from Quechua: para (rain) and aco (sand).

  8. Paracas Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    The Paracas Peninsula is a desert peninsula within the boundaries of the Paracas National Reserve, a marine reserve that extends south along the coast of Peru. The only marine reserve in the country, it is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site .

  9. Culture of Peru - Wikipedia

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    Huacas del Sol y de la Luna, located six kilometers south from Trujillo Peruvian architecture is a conjunction of European styles exposed to the influence of indigenous imagery. Two of the most well-known examples of the Early Colonial period are the Cathedral of Cusco and the Church of Santa Clara of Cuzco .