| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 26 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time |
Playing time: 25 min. |
| Note |
In Process Record. |
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Title from title frames. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Film Ideas in 2008. |
| Summary |
The Archaeological Site of Chavin (Peru) - Around the year 1000 BC, an advanced civilization existed in the Andes Mountains long before the start of the Incan Empire. Chavin de Huantar is one of the ruins of this civilization. Chavin de Huantar is famous for its mazelike network of underground passageways: to the extent that, during the 1997 Japanese Embassy hostage crisis in Peru, the military operation that involved burrowing tunnels to rescue the hostages was called Operation Chavin de Huantar. The style of artistic expression that can be seen at the temples of Chavin de Huantar was inherited by the later Inca Civilization. The City of Cuzco and the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu (Peru)- The city of Cuzco is a place where Incan Civilization and Spanish culture converge. And, in the mountains to the northwest of Cuzco, is Machu Picchu, a city which escaped Spanish occupation. The temples and palaces of Cuzco, the capital city of the Incan Empire, were destroyed by the Spanish conquistadors, but the original subdivision of the city as delineated by the unique stone masonry foundations remained, and churches and cathedrals were built directly on top of the foundations of Incan buildings. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In: English |
| Indexed Term |
Anthropology |
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Documentaries |
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History - Ancient |
| Added Author |
Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1143054 Kanopy |
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