Hidden GemsAug 31, 2025
Discover the intricate beauty of the Nasca-style spatula adorned with a lizard, reflecting the sacred rituals surrounding the coca leaf. This merging of artistry and functionality sparks curiosity about ancient practices. What stories do you think it holds?
#ClevelandArt #Nasca #CocaLeaf #ArtHistory
https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.83
Bruce HallmanMar 5, 2025
The theme today is #soft for #mARTch, #makersMARTch and #ArtYear. Well, #earthworms are soft, and here is a #watercolor illustration I made last year of a #Nasca earthworm.
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Bruce HallmanFeb 27, 2025
#FebruARTy Because I am intrigued with the mysterious iconography of the #Nasca culture in ancient Peru here is another #watercolor study I made of a design I saw on a ceramic bowl for #FishyFeb
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Météo PédagogieFeb 13, 2025

Inondations à #Nasca, à 250 km au Sud de #Lima #Peru suite à des pluies importantes dans les Andes débordant sur les régions de plaine

https://twitter.com/hombredeltiempo/status/1889795193823461465

🐦🔗 https://twitter.com/MeteoPedagogie/status/1889809160038162495
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Abraham Levy (@hombredeltiempo) on X

#Nazca huaico esta tarde

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Christina DongowskiSep 28, 2024

Next level photo-optics based #archaeology : Using #drones, #satellites & 3D-imagery archaeologists discovered a wealth of new old #geoglyphs in Peru, #nasca #nazcalines

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/new-nasca-nazca-lines-discovery-peru-archaeology

Exclusive: Massive Ancient Drawings Found in Peruvian Desert

Armed with satellites and drones, archaeologists discover new Nasca lines and dozens of other enigmatic geoglyphs carved into the earth.

Show threadJens NotroffSep 27, 2024

But the even more important take away in all of this is: The #Nasca are so much more than these #geoglyphs!

There's been a lot of research about this whole ritual landscape, settlements, burials, and more in the #Palpa region:

https://www-dainst-org.translate.goog/en/research/projects/noslug/5685?tx_wfdaiprojects_projects%5Bnav%5D=open&tx_wfdaiprojects_projects%5Bsection%5D=results&cHash=c5bacb961e0c52001e097819eb71e24a&_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp

DAI - Archäologisches Projekt Nasca-Palpa, Peru

Show threadJens NotroffSep 27, 2024

And since the #Nasca weren't the only ones leaving such #geoglyphs, but rather joined there predecessors in doing so, we even can see a #chronological development in their complexity:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/radiocarbon/article/reassessing-the-chronology-of-topara-emergence-and-paracas-decline-on-the-peruvian-south-coast-a-bayesian-approach/BEDE7A4161A7E529D0FCBA99D58A5524

REASSESSING THE CHRONOLOGY OF TOPARÁ EMERGENCE AND PARACAS DECLINE ON THE PERUVIAN SOUTH COAST: A BAYESIAN APPROACH | Radiocarbon | Cambridge Core

REASSESSING THE CHRONOLOGY OF TOPARÁ EMERGENCE AND PARACAS DECLINE ON THE PERUVIAN SOUTH COAST: A BAYESIAN APPROACH - Volume 65 Issue 4

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Show threadJens NotroffSep 27, 2024

We know about the "who" thanks to years of field research, excavations, and analysis - showing that the same designs used for these #geoglyphs are also appearing e.g. on #pottery vessels of the #Nasca:

https://people.umass.edu/proulx/online_pubs/Nasca_Ceramic_Iconography_Overview.pdf

Jens NotroffSep 27, 2024

Since with the news about these newly (re-)discovered #Nasca lines a lot of takes about their supposed "mystery" pop up again: Do we really not know who made them? 🤔

Well, ongoing research in #Archaeology could (and does 😀) tell:

📖 https://nationalgeographic.com/science/article/new-nasca-nazca-lines-discovery-peru-archaeology

Exclusive: Massive Ancient Drawings Found in Peruvian Desert

Armed with satellites and drones, archaeologists discover new Nasca lines and dozens of other enigmatic geoglyphs carved into the earth.

MundoocultoJan 20, 2024

El «astronauta» de las Líneas de Nasca: ¿un ser venido de las estrellas?
el astronauta de las lineas de nasca un ser venido de las estrellas

En el enigma de las Líneas de Nasca, el enigmático "astronauta" alza su mano en un saludo hacia los cielos, un gesto que despierta preguntas sobre su origen divino o cósmico.

Estas líneas, situadas en las pampas de Ju
https://mundooculto.es/2019/12/cosmonauta-de-las-lineas-de-nasca-un-ser-venido-de-los-astros/
#Enigmas #astronauta #Nasca

El «astronauta» de las Líneas de Nasca: ¿un ser venido de las estrellas?

el astronauta de las lineas de nasca un ser venido de las estrellas En el enigma de las Líneas de Nasca, el enigmático "astronauta" alza su mano en un saludo hacia los cielos, un gesto que despierta preguntas sobre su origen divino o cósmico. Estas líneas, situadas en las

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