Image of a pyramid, Padre Crespi collection, Ecuador
Strange that this beaten copper object comes from South America but depicts a Egyptian Pyramid and elephants.
Father Carlo Crespi, who comes from Milan, lived in the small town of Cuenca, Ecuador, for more than 50 years. He was a priest of the Church of Maria Auxiliadora. The Indians accepted Crespi as a true friend. They brought him gifts from some secret hiding places. Finally the father had so many precious objects stored in his house and the church that one day he received permission from the Vatican to open a museum. This museum in the Salesian School at Cuenca grew and grew until in 1960 it was one of the biggest museums in Ecuador, and Crespi was recognized as an archaeological authority. But he has always been a rather embarrassing servant of his church,for he asserts vehemently that he can prove that there was a direct connection between the Old World (Babylon) and the New World (pre-Inca civilizations); and that goes right against prevailing opinion.
cheers for that, very interesting .