Monday, February 18, 2013

Ancient Stone Ball

This is one of the giant stone balls the pre-Columbian cultures carved and that can be found at various locations around Costa Rica, which I have shown and written about in the past.  You may remember the opening scene from the first Raiders of the Lost Arc movie, in which Indiana Jones runs from a giant stone ball in the jungle.

Some places in Costa Rica preserve and display these stone balls as decorative items.  There is one at the entrance drive to the airport in Liberia.  The one in this photo is at the beachfront restaurant at the Tamarindo Diria Resort, which is a popular place to gather at sunset.

This week we have photos of Africa posted on our  Viva la Voyage travel photo site.
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6 comments:

  1. KateFebruary 18, 2013 at 5:05 AM

    Knowing the history of these large stone balls would be quite interesting. Guess I'll have to do some research now!

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  2. SharonFebruary 18, 2013 at 6:22 AM

    They do make perfect decorative items. Historic and decorative at the same time.

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  3. glendaFebruary 18, 2013 at 7:36 AM

    Very interesting, can't quite decide how large this is.

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  4. JudyFebruary 18, 2013 at 7:43 AM

    I like the way you captured the round ball of the sun behind the big round ball. Very creative.

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  5. LowellFebruary 18, 2013 at 9:30 AM

    Great photo, Dave! One has to wonder how these were carved by people without modern technology - how they were able to get them so perfectly round.

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  6. Julie ScottsdaleDailyPhoto.comFebruary 18, 2013 at 7:24 PM

    GREAT HISTORY!

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