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Graphic pyramids (Explored)

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 03:22:04 +0000

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Sunday Challenge: diptych/triptych or polyptych

I tried creating a triptych in Photoshop Elements but was not totally satisfied with the results. The ones I created in Adobe Firefly were much more interesting.

Firefly triptych of Egyptian pyramids 49952 (2)

Pyramids and bokeh

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 03:22:00 +0000

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More ancient adobe carvings

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Tue, 12 May 2015 22:57:09 +0000

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Huaca Las Balsas, Tucume, Peru

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Ancient adobe carvings

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Tue, 12 May 2015 22:57:02 +0000

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Huaca Las Balsas, Tucume, Peru

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View of El Purgatorio and an adobe pyramid

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 19:02:26 +0000

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"Túcume is a pre-Hispanic site in Peru, south of the La Leche River on a plain around La Raya Mountain. It covers an area of over 540 acres (220 ha) and encompassing 26 major pyramids and mounds. The area is referred to as Purgatorio (purgatory) by local people.

This site was a major regional center, maybe even the capital of the successive occupations of the area by the Lambayeque/Sican (800-1350 AD), Chimú (1350–1450 AD) and Inca (1450–1532 AD). Local shaman healers (curanderos) invoke power of Tucume and La Raya Mountain in their rituals, and local people fear these sites. Hardly anyone other than healers venture out in this site at night."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BAcume

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View from El Purgatorio (197m)

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 19:02:19 +0000

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The reservoir inside the walls

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 01:13:07 +0000

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Tschudi Palace, Chan Chan, Peru

"Chan Chan was constructed by the Chimor (the kingdom of the Chimú), a late intermediate period civilization which grew out of the remnants of the Moche civilization. The adobe city of Chan Chan, the largest in the world, was built around 850 CE and lasted until its conquest by the Inca Empire in 1470. It was the imperial capital where 30,000 people lived."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Chan

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Chan Chan in the magic light

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 01:13:01 +0000

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Decorative birds

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:22:37 +0000

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Decorative pelicans

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:22:25 +0000

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Decorative fish

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:22:01 +0000

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Squirrels

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 23:16:20 +0000

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Entering Chan Chan

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 23:16:05 +0000

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Chan Chan, Peru.

"Chan Chan was constructed by the Chimor (the kingdom of the Chimú), a late intermediate period civilization which grew out of the remnants of the Moche civilization. The adobe city of Chan Chan, the largest in the world, was built around 850 CE and lasted until its conquest by the Inca Empire in 1470. It was the imperial capital where 30,000 people lived."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Chan

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Adobe walls

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 23:15:54 +0000

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Dancing men

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 23:29:58 +0000

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Wall murals at Huaca de la Luna. Huaca de la Luna, which is located near Trujillo, Peru, was built between 600 and 900 AD by the Moche people.

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Spiders

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 23:29:52 +0000

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Wall murals at Huaca de la Luna. Huaca de la Luna, which is located near Trujillo, Peru, was built between 600 and 900 AD by the Moche people.

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Ai apaec

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 01:36:35 +0000

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Carving of Ai apaec at Huaca de la Luna near Trujillo, Peru.

"Ai apaec (from the Mochica Aiapæc [a.ja.pøk] or [aiapøk]), also called decapitador was the chief deity of the Mochica culture, was one of their gods punishers, the most feared and adored, is also called the headsman. Ai Apaec was worshiped as the creator god, protector of the Moche, a provider of water, food and military triumphs. Aiapaec means 'doer' in Mochica language.

The most common representation of Ai Apaec is that seen in the murals of the Temples of the moon and sun (picture), which presents an anthropomorphic face with feline fangs and surrounding ocean waves.

Ai apaec was represented in several ways, depending on the period, place, and support used. In metallurgy, for example, Ai apaec is often seen as a spider with eight legs and an anthropomorphic face with jaguar fangs. In ceramics the divinity is often more anthropomorphic, usually with his head in his hands and sometimes with two snakes sprouting from his head (hair??). In sculpture he is shown with a staff.

It is said that during human sacrifices, prisoners were decapitated and their heads given to Ai apaec."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_apaec

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Ai apaec

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 01:36:25 +0000

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Huaca del Sol (Explored)

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:03:58 +0000

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"The Huaca del Sol is an adobe brick temple built by the Moche civilization (100 CE to 800 CE) on the northern coast of what is now Peru. The temple is one of several ruins found near the volcanic peak of Cerro Blanco, in the coastal desert near Trujillo at the Moche Valley. The other major ruin at the site is the nearby Huaca de la Luna, a better-preserved but smaller temple.

By 450 CE, eight different stages of construction had been completed on the Huaca del Sol. The technique was additive; new layers of brick were laid directly on top of the old, hence large quantities of bricks were required for the construction. Archeologists have estimated that the Huaca del Sol was composed of over 130 million adobe bricks and was the largest pre-Columbian adobe structure built in the Americas. The number of different makers' marks on the bricks suggests that over a hundred different communities contributed bricks to the construction of the Huacas.

The Huaca del Sol was composed of four main levels. The structure was expanded and rebuilt by different rulers over the course of time. It is believed to have originally been about 50 meters in height and 340m. by 160 m. at the base. Located at the center of the Moche capital city, the temple appears to have been used for ritual, ceremonial activities and as a royal residence and burial chambers. Archaeological evidence attests to these functions.

During the Spanish occupation of Peru in the early 17th century, colonists redirected the waters of the Moche River to run past the base of the Huaca del Sol in order to facilitate the looting of gold artifacts from the temple. The operation of the hydraulic mine greatly damaged the Huaca del Sol. In total, approximately two-thirds of the structure has been lost to erosion and such looting. The remaining structure stands at a height of 41 meters (135 feet)."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huaca_del_Sol

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Ruins in the desert

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:56:48 +0000

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View of sand covered ruins near Huaca de la Luna just outside of Trujillo, Peru.

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