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Izamal
Trip No.12 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Yucatan)
Visited: Yes on 28th Mar 2007
Izamal submitted by davidmorgan on 18th Apr 2007. The Kinich Kak Mo pyramid at Izamal, sacred to the sun god in the form of a fire-macaw.
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Grutas de Loltún
Trip No.12 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Mexico (Yucatan)
Visited: Yes on 25th Mar 2007
Grutas de Loltún submitted by davidmorgan on 25th Aug 2008. A very atmospheric cave.
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Xtojil Cenote
Trip No.12 Date Added: 8th Oct 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Yucatan)
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2007
Xtojil Cenote submitted by davidmorgan on 4th Dec 2008. A very tranquil place. If it had appeared less opaque, I might have gone for a swim here.
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Mérida Anthropological Museum
Trip No.9 Entry No.4 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: Mexico (Yucatan)
Visited: Yes on 18th Mar 2005
Mérida Anthropological Museum submitted by davidmorgan on 5th Dec 2008. These are spirits who support the corners of the world on their shoulders. I think they were used as table supports.
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Xcambo
Trip No.15 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Yucatan)
Visited: Yes on 24th Jan 2009
Xcambo submitted by davidmorgan on 4th Feb 2009. Powerful people controlled the salt trade from here.
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Acanceh
Trip No.15 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Yucatan)
Visited: Yes on 24th Jan 2009
Acanceh submitted by davidmorgan on 4th Feb 2009. The main pyramid at Acanceh.
I enjoyed visiting this town, everyone was very friendly.
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Balankanche Cave
Trip No.15 Date Added: 21st Sep 2010
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Mexico (Yucatan)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jan 2009
Balankanche Cave submitted by davidmorgan on 18th Feb 2009. Offerings surround the world tree - "Large bi-conical earthenware censers rustically decorated and with the face of Tlaloc painted upon it with bright colours such as blue, red, black, green and white".
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Alta (Norway)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Norway (Finnmark)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 1990
Alta (Norway) submitted by davidmorgan on 4th Jan 2007. Goose and reindeer.
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Moray Terraces
Trip No.7 Entry No.9 Date Added: 20th Sep 2010
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: Peru
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Nov 1994
Moray Terraces submitted by davidmorgan on 29th May 2007. Inca agricultural laboratory. Seen from the plane descending into Cusco.
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Sacsayhuaman
Trip No.7 Entry No.5 Date Added: 20th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 1994
Sacsayhuaman submitted by davidmorgan on 30th May 2007. Some local fauna for the tourists.
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Machu Picchu.
Trip No.7 Entry No.8 Date Added: 20th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 1994
Machu Picchu. submitted by davidmorgan on 8th Nov 2007. The classic view.
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Pisac Ruins
Trip No.7 Entry No.7 Date Added: 20th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 1994
Pisac Ruins submitted by davidmorgan on 15th Mar 2009. Having a rest at 3344m altitude on Sunday morning after a heavy session the previous night in The Cross Keys pub in Cusco.
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Tambomachay
Trip No.7 Entry No.6 Date Added: 20th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 1994
Tambomachay submitted by davidmorgan on 23rd Apr 2010. Water is channelled down through this structure.
November 1994.
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Puca Pucara
Trip No.7 Entry No.6 Date Added: 6th Jan 2011
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 1994
Puca Pucara submitted by SolarMegalith on 6th Jan 2011. Ruins of Puca Pucara fort (photo taken on May 2008).
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Qenko
Trip No.7 Entry No.6 Date Added: 7th Jan 2011
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 1994
Qenko submitted by bat400 on 20th Jan 2019. The curved outer wall with some of the nineteen niches.
Photo by bat400, September 2018.
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Cusco
Trip No.7 Entry No.6 Date Added: 8th Jan 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 1994
Cusco submitted by davidmorgan on 22nd Nov 2007. A beautifully cut stone wall remaining from the palace of the Inca Sinchi Roca, around 1230 CE.
You can see the famous stone with twelve angles.
This has definitely survived a few earthquakes!
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Kotosh
Date Added: 5th Aug 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 9th Jul 2019
Kotosh submitted by davidmorgan on 5th Aug 2019. The Temple of the Crossed Hands.
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Log Text: A nice little temple here.
Huaca Pucllana
Date Added: 6th Aug 2019
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2019
Huaca Pucllana submitted by mfrincu on 17th May 2015. Ancient Pyramid complex in the middle of the Miraflores neighborhood.
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Log Text: An amazing edifice - all those bricks!
Cerro Sechin
Date Added: 6th Aug 2019
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 15th Jul 2019
Cerro Sechin submitted by bat400 on 9th Oct 2018. Site in Peru. Structure built aprx. 1290 BC. to glorify the Sechin culture and society by displaying their warriors and their defeated enemies.
Photo by bat400. September 2018.
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Log Text: Wonderful carvings - a bit gory.
Paramonga
Date Added: 22nd May 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2019
Paramonga submitted by bat400 on 7th Apr 2019. A model of Paramonga from the National Archaeological and History Museum in Lima.
Photo by bat400, September 2018.
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Log Text: An impressive fortress.