Mounds

Published February 11, 2018

Mounds

In the east of North America, one of the most striking and mysterious structures of the ancient Indians - mounds - has survived to this day. Sometimes this word is translated as "barrows" - a translation that is close in meaning, but not quite accurate. In general terms, Mounds are very diverse earth embankments and various structures of clay or stone...

Totonaki

Published February 11, 2018

Totonaki

Totonaki created one of the most developed cultures of pre-Columbian Mexico. This people lived on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, on the territory of the present state of Veracruz. The first capital of the Totonaki was the city of El Tahin, whose ruins are located 8 km south-east of the Mexican city of Papantla. It was inhabited since the emergence of Totonaki culture...

Paracas culture

Published February 11, 2018

Paracas culture

The Paracas Peninsula, located 200 km south of Lima, divides the coast of Peru into two roughly equal parts. Paracas culture was discovered unexpectedly. This discovery was made on this desert peninsula. In 1925 an expedition led by Julio Cesar Tello began to work here. Caesar's attention was drawn to the "cavernas" - the mysterious...

Clerksdorp balls

Published February 11, 2018

Clerksdorp balls

Clerksdorp balls or South African carved spheres were discovered in rock of Precambrian origin, which is about 2,8 billion years old near the city of Klerksdorp in North-West Province of South Africa. This is more than 200 metal balls of different diameters: from very small diameter of 2,5 cm to the size of cricket balls...

Chavin culture

Published February 11, 2018

Chavin culture

The earliest pre-Inca culture in the territory of Peru, whose representatives built the first cities on this earth, was the Chavin culture. This is the first highly developed Indian culture. Its name was given by the name of the locality Chavin de Huantar, located at an altitude of 3048 m in the north of Peru...

Maya

Published February 11, 2018

Maya

The greatest civilization of America - the civilization Maya appeared, when in Europe the great Roman Empire gained strength and, having existed for more than a thousand years, having survived its flourishing in 6-8 centuries, this civilization fell. Maya did not know metals, plow, wheeled carts, domestic animals...

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