Norwegian explorer and voyager Thor Heyerdahl at the foot of a pyramid in Guimar where he conducted archaeological excavation in the 1990s. The pyramids built by the Guanches, the indigenous peoples of the Canary Islands, are, according to the scientist, astronomically oriented: There are steps on the western side of the pyramids that on the morning of the winter solstice day lead exactly towards the rising sun. Guimar on Tenerife. Canary Islands, Spain. February 200016.02.2000#6696686
Norwegian explorer and traveler Thor Heyerdahl, left, and host of the Travel Club television show (ORT channel) Yury Senkevich filming an episode of the show at Heyerdahl's house on Tenerife. Pyramids of Guimar on Tenerife, Canary Islands. February 2000.16.02.2000#6696685
Norwegian explorer and traveler Thor Heyerdahl, left, and host of the Travel Club television show (ORT channel) Yury Senkevich filming an episode of the show in Guimar on Tenerife. Pyramids of Guimar on Tenerife, Canary Islands. February 2000.16.02.2000#6696684
Norwegian explorer and voyager Thor Heyerdahl and his wife, Jacqueline Beer, fix up the garden in their finca, a Spanish country house, that used to be a local poet's abandoned house, in Guimar on Tenerife, Canary Islands. September 1996.16.09.1996#6696681
Norwegian explorer and traveler Thor Heyerdahl during the filming an episode of the Travel Club television show (ORT channel) at his house in Guimar on Tenerife, Canary Islands. September 1996.11.09.1996#6693535
Norwegian explorer and traveler Thor Heyerdahl during the filming an episode of the Travel Club television show (ORT channel) at his house in Guimar on Tenerife, Canary Islands. September 1996.11.09.1996#6693534
Norwegian explorer and traveler Thor Heyerdahl during the filming an episode of the Travel Club television show (ORT channel) at his house in Guimar on Tenerife, Canary Islands. September 1996.11.09.1996#6693533
