A replica of Thor Heyerdals reed boat Ra 2 at the Piramides de Guimar Ethnographic Park Tenerife Canary Islands
The Piramides de Guimar Ethnographic Park in Tenerife displays the ancient pyramids, thought to be built by the Guaches, who inhabited the Canary Islands before the arrival of the Spanish in the 15th Century. The pyramids were considered to be of great ethnographic significance to the Anthropologist explorer Thor Heyerdahl, who initiated the setting up of the park. There is also a display of Heyerdahls boats, the Kon-Tiki which he sailed from Peru to Polynesia in 1947, the Ra2 (of which there is a full sized replica) which he sailed from Morocco to Barbados in 1970 and a Sumerian reed boat which he sailed down the Euphrates to Djibouti in 1978.
Size: 3600px × 4800px
Location: Piramides de Guimar Ethnographic Park Tenerife Canary Islands Spain EU ES Europe
Photo credit: © Peter Jordan_EU / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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