Among the displays are ceramic figures, scale models and paintings that narrate indigenous traditions in the Andes cordillera, from the first settlements dating back 15,000 years to the birth of the Tiwanaku state and the rise of the Incan empire.
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Washington Post,
Washington Post,
20 Sep. 2019
Away to the west, mountains rode the horizons, granite faced, severe, not the Andes yet, but the cordillera of the pre-Andes.
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Stanley Stewart,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Aug. 2019
According to the zoo, the wild rodent had hitched a ride near Minturn, Colo. — a small town in the mountains outside of Aspen that is about 100 miles from Denver.
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Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
1 July 2025
Imagine standing atop a mountain, gazing at the vast landscape below, trying to make sense of the world around you.
As pressure mounts, those numbers are only expected to grow.
—
Troy Batterberry,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
Death toll mounts in Israel Earlier Sunday in Israel, at least six people, including a 10-year-old and a 9-year-old, were killed when a missile hit an apartment building in Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv.
Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.
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Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
14 Nov. 2022
Web cams pointed at Yosemite Valley’s famous granite features, including Half Dome and El Capitan, showed the high sierra landscape completely smoked out, with terrible visibility, on Thursday afternoon.
Located in New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest, Mount Washington is the tallest peak in the northeastern United States.
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Owen Clarke,
Outside Online,
24 June 2025
Google Trends data from April to May 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, showed a worldwide peak in online searches for dog adoption, up to 250% higher than typical trends for early pandemic months.
These large dark brown colored animals, characterized by a protruding shoulder hump, are social animals that often form herds, which appear to be directed by older females.
—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
Both acquired during the 2023 offseason, Porzingis and Holiday were the pieces that pushed the Celtics over the championship hump, starring for the team that ended Boston’s 18-year NBA championship drought last summer.
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