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Several stone spheres of the Diquís exhibited at Museo Nacional de Costa Rica. For comparison purpose, the image on the wall shows the diameter of the biggest recorded stone sphere, 2.66 metres (8.7 ft) The spheres range in size from a few centimetres to over 2 metres (6.6 ft) in diameter, and weigh up to 15 tons. [4]
The Diquis are known for stone spheres, sometimes referred to as the Diquís Spheres, an assortment of over three hundred petrospheres in Costa Rica. The stone spheres are megaliths sculpted from mainly gabbro or granodiorite rocks, dating from between 300 BC. C. and 300 AD. C. They are considered the main and most important cultural ...
Pre-Columbian Stone Spheres at Palmar Sur. Palmar Sur is a town in Costa Rica, located next to Palmar Norte in the Osa region of Puntarenas Province of Costa Rica. [1] [2] Palmar Norte and Palmar Sur are separated by the Rio Terraba. Palmar Sur has a regional airport that has daily flights arriving from San Jose on two regional airlines (Sansa ...
Palmar Norte is a town in Costa Rica, located next to Palmar Sur in the Osa region of Puntarenas Province. Although small, the town serves as a major agricultural center and as an important transit point for travelers to the Palmar Sur Airport. It is also home to the stone spheres of Costa Rica.
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Stone sphere in the courtyard of El Museo Nacional. A fascinating piece of history, carved by hand over 2000 years ago! The image is large and composed well. From the Stone spheres of Costa Rica article, taken by User:WAvegetarian. Nominate and support. - Fxer 22:24, 7 April 2006 (UTC) Oppose - maybe fascinating history, but not a fascinating ...
The contents of the Palmar Sur Archeological Excavations page were merged into Stone spheres of Costa Rica on 2014-08-23. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see ; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page.
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