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Matching Myth and Genetics: Revealing the Origins of the Inca Through Modern DNA
... overlapping modern countries of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, the South of Colombia and the North of Argentina and ... overlapping modern countries of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, the South of Colombia and the North of Argentina and ... a database for 2400 native individuals from Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Brazil. "The results show distinctive patrilineal ...
ancient-origins - 12/04/2018 - 14:02
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The Real Story of Shamanism: No Need to Don a Headdress or Take Hallucinogens
... of a shaman from the Bahia (500 BC-500 AD) culture of Ecuador. Artifact at Casa del Alabado: Museo de Arte Precolombino, Quito, Ecuador. (Credit: Alicia McDermott) A ceremony can also be ...
Kerry Sullivan - 15/09/2017 - 18:59
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Update on the ‘Lost City of Giants’
... reported on an incredible discovery deep in the jungles of Ecuador – the remains of a massive 260 foot tall by 260 ... so far. However, others, including Bruce Fenton, an Ecuador-based Briton and researcher into the region’s ...
aprilholloway - 19/12/2013 - 22:43
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The Inca Empire: What Made it so Powerful?
... height of power, the Inca Empire stretched from northern Ecuador all the way south to central Chile and ruled over a ... northward all the way to Quito (the capital of modern-day Ecuador). During these conquests, many powerful tribes, ... River, which serves today as the boundary between Ecuador and Colombia. The Spanish and the Inca Empire By the ...
dhwty - 09/11/2019 - 23:05
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Exceptional Mummy Unearthed Giving Insights into the Incan Rule
A team of archaeologists from the Université libre de Bruxelles's has uncovered a 1000-year-old mummy at an excavation in Pachacamac, on Peru’s Pacific coast. After a dig of nine weeks the team at the important religious site that pre-dates the Inca period made the astonishing find. The discovery of the mummy, by the archaeologists working on the 'Ychsma' project, named after the region's native people, is very rare and greatly excited the team.
Ed Whelan - 25/05/2018 - 18:59
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6 Discoveries that Show the Pre-Columbian Americas Traded Across the Oceans
... Olmec pottery, and metal plates from as far south as Ecuador. Ecuador plate (left) – Credit: Crespi Collection. Copan, ...
ancient-origins - 19/01/2018 - 18:57
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Why Were Chinese Workers Buried at a Pre-Inca Huaca in Peru?
... those following them. For example, sacred Cañari sites in Ecuador were often recreated into Inca sites, then Spanish ... those following them. For example, sacred Cañari sites in Ecuador were often recreated into Inca sites, then Spanish ...
Alicia McDermott - 26/08/2017 - 23:01
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Cocaine Laden Mummified Children Vindicate Football Champion
... America and is grown in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru and the chewing of coca with lime in ... America and is grown in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru and the chewing of coca with lime in ...
ashley cowie - 18/06/2018 - 18:52
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Mysteries of the Tayos Caves
... the controversial expeditions to the Tayos Cave complex in Ecuador and the treasures glimpsed in its depths Reconstructs ... los Tayos is a cavern complex in the Amazon rain forest of Ecuador. Named for the tayos, the oil birds that reside ...
ancient-origins - 04/01/2020 - 16:34
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10 Jaw-dropping Engineering Marvels of the Inca Empire
... civilization, whose sprawling empire stretched from Ecuador to the north, to central Chile in the south. The ... civilization, whose sprawling empire stretched from Ecuador to the north, to central Chile in the south. Many of ...
Aleksa Vučković - 29/04/2023 - 18:42
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Has the Archaeologist’s Spade Been Replaced By Modern Technology?
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Inca Empire Constructed Over 40,000 Kms of Roads and Superhighways in 100 Years
... and at its height of power it extended from Quito, Ecuador, in the north, to Santiago, Chile in the south. The ... countries that used to be part of this civilization, i.e. Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Machu Picchu ...
dhwty - 09/10/2019 - 02:20
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Capacocha: Ritualized Child Sacrifice in the Inca Empire
... they created an empire so large it spread from modern Ecuador to central Chile. The Inca were an impressive people. ... they created an empire so large it spread from modern Ecuador to central Chile. Master builders that rivaled the ...
Robbie Mitchell - 04/01/2023 - 13:52
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The Lost Knowledge of the Ancients: Were Humans the First? Part 6
... are enigmatic. Ornaments of platinum were found in Ecuador. This poses a provoking question-how could the ... achieved only two centuries ago. Mask made from platinum, Ecuador, La Tolita, c. 200 BC – 800 BC; Ethnological ...
Sam Bostrom - 20/08/2017 - 18:55
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The Highs And Lows Of Ancient Heroin And Cocaine
... is a hallucinogenic cactus native to the Andean slopes of Ecuador and Peru which is a South American cousin to the ...
ashley cowie - 20/05/2020 - 20:34
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The Elusive Metal Library of the Tayos Caves
... , in the Amazon forest of the Morona Santiago province, Ecuador. Sharing his more than 30 years of research into the ... Stole the Gold? The Smoke Clears Around the Tayos Caves in Ecuador Expedition to Tayos Caves: Never Before Seen ...
Alex Chionetti - 09/01/2020 - 02:48
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The Life and Legend of the Aldworth Giants
... first son until his death in 1346. MORE Have explorers in Ecuador found ‘Lost City of Giants'? An Exploration into ...
beth - 10/03/2015 - 13:42
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Mount Shasta: Inner Earth Realms and History of the Lava Beds
... and Modern Inspiration The Legendary Tayos Caves of Ecuador Mount Shasta: Sacred Mountain and a Strange ...
D.W. Naef - 28/07/2016 - 00:46
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Decapitation discovery reveals gruesome practices of the ancient Incas
... Nazca Head-hunters and their Trophy Heads Shrunken head, Ecuador. Image credit: Ancient Origins However, more ...
Robin Whitlock - 24/05/2015 - 14:32
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1,600-Year-Old Elongated Skull with Stone-Encrusted Teeth Found in Mexico Ruins
... 9,000 years of dentistry Gold studded teeth, Pre-Columbian Ecuador. Credit: April Holloway Last year, archaeologists ...
aprilholloway - 08/07/2016 - 15:00