Nazca Double-spouted Bottle with Chilli Peppers

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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Bold designs on early Nazca vessels were naturalistic and representational, featuring motifs from land, sea, and air. Plants and animals were abundantly illustrated, most often on bottles and bowls. Figures are painted with simple outlines containing large areas of color. From Nazca, Peru, circa 300 CE. (National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK)

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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