It is in exhibition a collection of archeological pieces of different stages of the Nasca cultures, triumph heads, music instrument like antaras, fabrics funeral bundles, etc. These findings are the result of the excavation of the biggest ceremonial center of mud brick in the world: “Cahuachi”, made by the Italian archeologist Giuseppe Orefici. Moreover, in this museum we can see the channel of Bisambra that show a great work of hydraulic engineer of the Nascas. The visit to the Museum Antonini is divided in the following sectors:
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Sector A
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The first sector of the museum is focused in the localization and geography of the Nasca Valley, showing different landscapes, eco-systems and the environment through different photos. This images are mainly of the coastal desert, our maritime landscape and the hills and mountains that form part f the Peruvian Andes. The idea is offer to the visitant a better idea about the geography in which was developed the nasca culture more than 2000 years ago.
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Sector B
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In the second sector, the museum shows a series of maps with the localization of the archeological zones that are in the territory of the Nasca, known as Cuenca del Rio Grande. In this sector, we can see in the window displays the essential foods that were part of the diet such as sweet potato, peanuts, chili, pallares, etc. We can also see many types of cotton, with those, the Nasca made their beautiful mantles and weaves. In other window displays we can see a variety of ceramics from different periods of this culture. The pots in the exposition show in the iconography marine divinities like fishes and birds, besides we can see the shells of Spondilus that is typical from the North of the country(Ecuador). Also, we can appreciate carved stones and the wonderful photos of the ceremonial center of Cahuachi.
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Sector C
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This is a big sector where the visitants can learn about the Nasca lines. There are a great variety of photos showing the most relevant figures of the Nasca desert. Here, we can appreciate spectacular photos of the famous hummingbird, monkey , spider and the figure known as the E.T. among others. In both sides of this sector, the visitants can find window displays with colorful ceramics, necklaces made of shells, and instruments used in the daily life of the Nascas. There is a copy of walls made of cane of bamboo of their houses, that give a clear idea about how the nascas built their houses more than 2000 years ago. We can also see diverse types of adobes used by the Nascas to build the temples and pyramids of the ceremonial center of Cahuachi. In one side of this adobes you can find one of the most mysterious rests found in Cahuachi: the strange heads of trophy, called offering heads. IT is a window display that exhibits a great collection of trophies heats that are perfectly conserved (see the main picture).In this sector you can find old utensils of the Inca culture and mommies of children that are wrapped in fine blankets. Here you can also see a great variety of photos that show the excavations that were made in the zone of the old town and Cahuachi.
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Sector D
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This big sector shows a rich exhibition of the textile art of the nasca , they have in their decoration old gods and animals. The knits were found in the ceremonial center of Cahuachi by the Dr. Giuseppe Orefici and according to the studies made , those knits may have more than 1500 years. In this sector also there are copies of the walls that were part of the main structures of Cahuachi including a copy of a beautiful tiered temple, a wall unearthed in Cahuachi that shows geometric decorations carved in the wall.
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Sector E
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The Antonini museum with an area of 750 m2 and a outdoor area of 1600 square meters. In this zone is found the beautiful aqueduct of Bisambra, a wonderful subterranean channel built by the men of the nasca culture more than 1500 years ago. Here the visitants can appreciate copies of many tombs that the men of the nasca culture developed in diverse periods. This sector includes a beautiful copies the Nasca Lines in scale. From a small altar we can appreciate the localization of the famous lines and figures of Nasca.
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Sector F
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The most spectacular part of this sector is the mummified body of a woman that more than 2000 years and is in a amazing state of preservation. This woman was found in a sector known as Usaka. The visitants can appreciate impressive music instruments of the nasca culture. Among the instruments we can mention the famous ANTARAS that were made of clay and measure almost 1 meter.
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Sector G
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In this last sector, the visitants can appreciate more ceramics as well as tools made of human bones, needle of cactus, sandals made of llama leather among others.
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