Search Results: Ceremonial center

The Sioux ceremonial pipe is a sacred object of the Sioux nation used in the seven sacred rites as well as other observances to connect the people with the Great Spirit (Wakan Tanka), Mother Earth, the spirit world, and each other. Pipe rituals...

The Aztec mosaic-handled knife currently in the British Museum, London dates to between 1400 and 1521 CE and is thought to have been used in religious ceremonies. Made from wood and flint the knife handle represents an Aztec warrior but the...

A plaza for ceremonial gatherings and burial mound at the Nazca site of Cahuachi, southern Peru. The 40 mounds at the site are built on natural hilltops using earth and adobe-brick retaining walls. The site was used for burials and religious...

The ceremonial hall at Tel Kabri as it appeared in 2015 CE. The hall was constructed c. 1720 BCE as part of the second phase of Tel Kabri's Middle Bronze Age Canaanite palace. It is believed to have served as the focal point of the palace...

Learn about Bodh Gaya, one of several sights in India associated with the birth of Buddhism.

This ceremonial metate in the form of a jaguar dates from 600-700 CE and is made of stone. It comes from Guápiles, Limón, Costa Rica. (Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Stanford, California)

An Aztec ceremonial knife with a cedarwood handle and flint blade. The figure of the handle is covered in turquoise and shell mosiac and represents an Aztec Eagle knight. 1400-1521 CE. (British Museum, London)

A ceremonial knife (or tumi) from the Lambayeque civilization (Sican) of northern Peru, 9-11th century. Gold and silver inlaid with turquoise. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Harappan Ceremonial Vessel, 2600-2450 BCE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Carved figures at the ceremonial site referred to as La Chaquira near San Agustín, Huila Department, Colombia. Created c. 1st to 10th century CE.