Among the displays are ceramic figures, scale models and paintings that narrate indigenous traditions in the Andes cordillera, from the first settlements dating back 15,000 years to the birth of the Tiwanaku state and the rise of the Incan empire.
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Washington Post,
Washington Post,
20 Sep. 2019
Away to the west, mountains rode the horizons, granite faced, severe, not the Andes yet, but the cordillera of the pre-Andes.
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Stanley Stewart,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Aug. 2019
Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.
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Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
14 Nov. 2022
Web cams pointed at Yosemite Valley’s famous granite features, including Half Dome and El Capitan, showed the high sierra landscape completely smoked out, with terrible visibility, on Thursday afternoon.
Estimates of the number of Black people killed range from dozens to hundreds.
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Essence,
Essence,
8 Feb. 2025
Her company’s signature ski safaris cost upwards of $1,500 per person per day (including accommodations) and over the course of a week typically combine three to four regions in Switzerland, France, and Italy to provide a range of microclimates, maximizing the chances of scoring great powder.
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