Recent Updates

Launched AncientWeb 3.0
Those of you who have been a fan for years may have noticed this is the third refresh of the Ancient Sites, this time improving on the underlying structure of the pages. Due to an overwhelming response to these sites I will now begin adding more content over the coming months, including feedback forms.

The Ancient Web

AncientChile.com
The website devoted to the Art and Culture of the Ancient Patagonian region. This site includes resources for the fascinating history of the mapuche, and the very famous pictorial on Chile by Marta Zaleska.

AncientMexico.com
The website devoted to the Art and Culture of Ancient Mesoamerica. This award winning site was the first in the ancientweb series and has grown to include resources on the maya, aztex and their culture.

 

Ancient Peru Bookstore

Legends of the Plumed Serpent, Biography of a Mexican God
A wonderfully laid out book with a unique design to enhance the mythic storytelling of the plumed serpent, this book deals with the legend behind quetzalcoatl and how it has shaped our understanding of Aztec mythology.

 

Tell us what you think »

Please let me know what you think about the site. Comments and suggestions welcomed here!

What a wonderful site... I have used this with students in the 6th grade and it really made the subject matter 'come alive' for them.  thank you!!! 
--Steve Johnson

Main Features

Map of the Ancient Andean Region
The map of the Andean Region is an interactive map of the ancient world of the Incas, Chimu, Chancay and their predecessors. The map can be used to see city level detail of some of the monuments and ruined fortresses that still dot the landscapes of modern day Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. Still a work in progress, at this point the map can be seen geographically only.

The Inca Universe
Perhaps the most far reaching of all Andean peoples, the Inca inhabited thousand of miles of territory at the arrival of the Spanish. Their universe was a vast realm of sacred corners that all centered on the heart of their empire. Cuzco, the city which was the religious nucleas, and the place they made the hypothetical navel of their worldview. They believed this to be an integral part of their destiny in their religious association with the world.

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