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Nigel Davies

The Ancient Kingdoms of Peru

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This essential book draws on the evidence of recent excavations of Peruvian sites in a remarkable survey of the civilizations which preceded the Incas. As recently as 1987, robbers discovered by far the most spectacular vestiges of the Moche people, who ruled much of Peru for the first six centuries of the Christian era. This find-a royal burial chamber shoulder-deep in gold and silver ornaments and carvings studded with jewels-has provided many powerful insights into their way of life, as Nigel Davies shows. Patterns representing a condor, a killer whale and even an 80-meter monkey, visible only from the air, are etched into a bare expanse o… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-14-023381-0
  • EAN: 9780140233810
  • Produktnummer: 9017839
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
  • Seitenangabe: 240 S.

Über den Autor


NIGEL DAVIES studied at the National University of Mexico and took his doctorate in archaeology at London University. He is the author of a number of studies on Latin American culture, including The Ancient Kingdoms of Mexico, which is also published by Penguin.

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