Viracocha
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Viracocha is the creator and supreme deity in the pre-Inca and Inca mythology in the Andes region of South America. According to the myth Viracocha had human appearance and was generally considered as
Moche ceramic vessels depicting bearded men
Rock formation said to resemble a face in stone of Wiracochan or Tunupa at Ollantaytambo
Kon-Tiki expedition
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The Kon-Tiki expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands, led by Norwegian explorer and ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl. The raft was named
Viracocha
…Such compound names include Ticsi Viracocha (T'iqsi Wiraqocha), Contiti Viracocha, and, occasionally, Kon-Tiki Viracocha (the source of the name of Thor Heyerdahl's raft). Other designations are "the creator", Viracochan Pachayachicachan, Viracocha Pachayachachi or Pachayachachic ("teacher of the world"). For the Inca…
The Kon-Tiki raft at the Kon-Tiki Museum, Oslo
Thor Heyerdahl, the expedition leader, in 2000
National NC-173 radio receiver used by the expedition
A moai