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Discovery helps solve mystery of South American trophy heads

The mystery of why ancient South American peoples who created the mysterious Nazca Lines also collected human heads as trophies has long puzzled scholars who theorize the heads may have been used in fertility ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Jan 05, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 1

Trophy heads reveal secrets about ancient South American civilization

The Nasca civilization is perhaps best known for the drawings its people etched onto the desert floor in southwest Peru, a massive and mysterious body of simple and intricate works that span several hundred square miles.

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Jan 08, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0