EditorialIncan head with llawt'u and maskapaycha (symbol of power). Known as "Head of Viracocha". Inca culture (1400-1533 AD). Diorite. Peru. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain.
EditorialFrancisco Pizarro y Gonzalez, 1st Marquess of los Atabillos ( c.1471 or 1476-1541). Spanish conqueror of the Incan Empire and founder of Lima. Peru.
EditorialIncan head with llawt'u and maskapaycha (symbol of power). Known as "Head of Viracocha". Inca culture (1400-1533 AD). Diorite. Peru. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain.
EditorialPre-Columbian art. Pre-Incan. Tumaco-Tolita culture. Region of the Pacific Colombo-Ecuadorian coast from 300BC-600 AD. Ceramic object. Clay human figure. 60 x 40 x 12 cm. From Ecuador. Private collection.
EditorialFrancisco Pizarro y Gonzalez, 1st Marquess of los Atabillos ( c.1471 or 1476-1541). Spanish conqueror of the Incan Empire and founder of Lima. Peru.
EditorialFrancisco Pizarro y Gonzalez, 1st Marquess of los Atabillos ( c.1471 or 1476-1541). Spanish conqueror of the Incan Empire and founder of Lima. Peru.
EditorialFrancisco Pizarro y Gonzalez, 1st Marquess of los Atabillos ( c.1471 or 1476-1541). Spanish conqueror of the Incan Empire and founder of Lima. Peru.
EditorialElevation and plan of the ruins of an Incan fortress-palace with temple of the Sun at Ingapirca, near Canar, Ecuador. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Nasi from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Mod...
EditorialPre-Columbian art. Pre-Incan. Cosanga or Pazaleo Culture (700-1500 AD). From Ecuador. Ceramic vessel. 24 x 24 cm (diameter). Private collection.
EditorialPre-Columbian art. Pre-Incan. Negative Carchi culture. 850-1500 AD. "Compotera". Negative decorated with black on red background. Pedestal decorated with anthropomorphic figures. 20 x 20 cm (diameter). From Ecuador. Private collection.
EditorialPre-Columbian art. Pre-Incan. Cuasmal culture (500-1500 AD). Poterry vase with human neck. 37 x 33 cm (diameter). From Ecuador. Private collection.
EditorialFrancisco Pizarro y Gonzalez, 1st Marquess of los Atabillos ( c.1471 or 1476-1541). Spanish conqueror of the Incan Empire and founder of Lima. Peru.
EditorialFrancisco Pizarro y Gonzalez, 1st Marquess of los Atabillos ( c.1471 or 1476-1541). Spanish conqueror of the Incan Empire and founder of Lima. Peru.