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Created for adventurers and armchair travelers alike, this photo narrative offers a true account of an ancient lost humanity of mysterious origin whose hidden legacy carved gigantic, towering stone monuments pointing to a message with predictions for the future. Through a perusal of the cultural, historical, and often magical lore associated with the ancient Peruvian mesawoven into a tapestry of more than 400 dazzling images, illustrations, and walking mapsreaders will come to understand the site’s pivotal role as a repository of ancient knowledge. More than a traditional travel guide, this is a powerful handbook, facilitating the spiritual traveler intent upon achieving an intimate and transformational experience and showing how a simple change in one’s perspective can open an entirely new chapter in the way human history is perceived.
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What are the huge stone pictures in Peru called?
There are a series of stones layed out somewhere in Peru as giant pictures.One of them is of a humming bird and another is a spaceman. I thought they were caleld the Naktar lines but I'm not sure of my spelling.
They are named NAZCA LINES, they are geoglyphs (drawings on the ground) located in the Nazca Desert, a high arid plateau that stretches 53 miles between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana (a large flat area of southern Peru). The drawings include a hummingbird, monkey, spider and lizard, to name only a few of the over 300 drawings. They were created during the Nazca culture in the area, between 200 BC and 600 AD. The Lines were made by removing the iron-oxide coated pebbles which cover the surface of the desert. When the gravel is removed, they contrast with the light color underneath. In this way the lines were drawn as furrows of a lighter color. This drawings are so big that you can only see most of them from an airplane... (so the people who made them almost 2000 years ago could never actually se their creations) There are many theories about what are them used for... some believe that they are a ancient calendar, others think that they where just gifts to their gods, and some even believes that they are landing spots for extraterrestrial space crafts!
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How can I find out what an old stone from an Indian tribe would be worth?
Aprox 75 years ago an Indian gave my grandfather a stone shaped like a star with a hole in the center. If you hold it a certin way it has the same points as a jewish star would have. My grandfather worked on a ship in the navy and went all over the world. I'm not sure if it may have come from Peru.
INDIAN TRIBE FROM PERU. THIS IS A GREY STONE SHAPED LIKE A STAR WITH A HOLE IN IT. STONE IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE PALM OF YOUR HAND. IT IS ACTUAL ROCK.
Check with the Antique Roadshow if they have one in your town or a town near by. Because, it is free and they have the best Professional appraisers to give the exact value of your good.You also can look into the Goggle search and see if you can find one or you can pay Goggle to answer your question and it does cost that much. A museum curator also can help you and I am not sure he or she will do for nothing. Good luck and do not sell it quick until you find the right buyer. I saw one piece of Indian artifact it was Worth's 1 million dollar from the Antique Road show.
Where is the best place to visit in Peru?
Im travelling to Peru in July, and staying there for 5 weeks. Our itinery is not set in stone and was wondering if anyone who had been there in the past had any advice on must-see sites or good trails?
I am Peruvian. It all depens on what you like. In Lima, you should go to downtown and see the Plaza de Armas and its surroundings. You should also go to Miraflores and Barranco. If you want to see some ruins, try Cuzco (Machu Picchu) which is like an hour in plane and 24 hours in bus. You can try sandboarding in Ica. The Inca Trail of course if awesome so if you have the money, you should travel to Cusco. You will never regret it.
Does metal desintegrate?artifacts are all stone,no metal machinery used to cut big blocks in egypt ever found?
in differnt ancient places with big structures, even peru. no one found machinery, i assume would be metal. or molds, i assume could also be metal. molds to form the large blocks or machinery to cut the blocks. so i wonder if metal in those things desintegrate in thousands of years.
No, blocks of metal do not "desintegrate" in thousands of years. It takes a lot longer than that, especially in a dry climate. Ancient iron artifacts, many 1000's of years old, have been found in many places.
