Posts Tagged ‘Peru’

  • Guide to South America
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    Guide to South America
    South America Introduction & History Around 70,000 years ago, the foremost traits of human occupancy in South America occurred when they moved from Asia passing the Bering Land Bridge and eventual spanned all areas of the continent as they made their way southwards. Widespread farming activities have been recorded in the Amazon Basin from 2000 BC, with animal husbandry becoming prevalent in 3500 BC in Andes and close by regions. There were many upcoming civilizations that sprung up like the Canaris, the Norte Chico, Amazon, Cara Supe, Chavin, Moche of which Inca also called the land of the four regions was the significantly urbane. Christopher Columbus’s momentous, incomprehensible discovery of the Caribbean islands en route to seeking new-fangled ways to reach Asia- the esteemed spice paradise, finally did led him to his coveted  [...]
    Posted at July 29th, 2009 at 06:07 pm
  • Nazca Lines
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    Nazca Lines
    At first look you will have many questions in you mind. Are they work for an ancient religion? Did the aliens from outer space make them? Was there a civilization on earth before the humans walked the planet? Well that is what these gigantic sketches drawn in the Nazca desert of western Peru and are known as Nazca Lines. The sketches number in hundreds and depict hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, fish, sharks or orcas, llamas, and lizards. During 200 BC and 700 AD an ancient pre-Inca civilization existed in the region and it is considered that the Nazca Lines were made by them. It is believed that this was a way they thought of communicating with the havens as the gods in the sky would be able to see them. The largest of these figures is over 270 meters longs. The total area encompassing the lines is over 500 square kilometers. The  [...]
    Posted at May 28th, 2009 at 03:05 am
  • The Lost City of the Incas… Machu Picchu
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    The Lost City of the Incas… Machu Picchu
    A city built in the classical Inca style, which bring to life the heritage and the past of the Inca civilization. The city is an absolute masterpiece of architecture and a unique testimony to the Inca civilization. The lost city is located at an altitude of 2,430 meters on the ridge of the mount Machu Picchu in the Andes mountain range in Peru. One get astonished with the quality of architecture in the city with blocks of stones cut in precise shapes to fit in to form structures without mortar. It is this quality of mason work that has made this city to stand the testament of time. There has always been a question mark on how the Incas moved enormous blocks of stones on such inclined slops of the mountain to reach the city. There are about 140 structures including residence blocks, Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun, the Room of  [...]
    Posted at May 13th, 2009 at 09:05 pm