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Montezuma Well
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
Montezuma Well submitted by davidmorgan on 26th May 2009. Montezuma Well. Photo by JW.
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Log Text: Beautiful oasis with cliff dwellings all around. It is also close to other ancient sites.
Montezuma Castle
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Montezuma Castle submitted by thecaptain on 25th May 2009. Montezuma Castle, on a hot day in November 1990.
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Log Text: My first cliff dwelling! Simply amazing. I have seen many after it but Montezuma Castle is one of my favorites.
Tuzigoot Monument
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Tuzigoot Monument submitted by thecaptain on 26th May 2009. Tuzigoot Monument, pueblo built by the Sinagua culture.
Nov 1990.
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Log Text: Site in pretty good shape containing some reconstructed chambers where you can admire and feel what the original inhabitants felt. A must see place. A bit windy too.
Puerco Pueblo Petroglyphs
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jun 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Puerco Pueblo Petroglyphs submitted by thecaptain on 20th May 2009. Bird and Frog petroglyph, possibly part of Newspaper Rock, its certainly in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona.
From a visit in November 1990.
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Log Text: We visited this place exactly on the Summer Solstice day and witnessed the sun dagger around 9AM.
Newspaper Rock (Petrified Forest)
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jun 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Newspaper Rock (Petrified Forest) submitted by thecaptain on 20th May 2009. I believe that this is Newspaper Rock, its certainly in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona.
From a visit in November 1990.
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Log Text: We explored this place from the parking lot using a 300mm lens.
Hovenweep - Square Tower
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 30th Nov 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Hovenweep - Square Tower submitted by jeffrep on 9th Nov 2012. Hovenweep. Close-Up of Square Tower.
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Log Text: Amazing collection of ruins near the 4 corner area. For best light visit early morning or late evening. The "castle tower" also acts as a summer and winter solstice marker.
Mesa Verde
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 29th Nov 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Mesa Verde - Cliff Palace submitted by DrewParsons on 18th Oct 2008. Mesa Verde - The Cliff Palace. September 2005
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Log Text: We visited this park during winter time but fortunately some of the ruins were still accessible and open. Look for the guided tours and also visit early morning to avoid the crowds.
Chaco Culture NHP
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 28th Nov 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Chaco Culture NHP - Pueblo Bonito submitted by bat400 on 25th May 2012. Pueblo Bonito Great House, taken from the cliff edge directly north of the site. Photo by bat400, April 2012.
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Log Text: Superb ambience and lots of kivas to see and explore. We've done the loop plus the trail to the supernova pictograph in just one day.
Petroglyph Nat. Mon.
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Petroglyph Nat. Mon. submitted by mfrincu on 17th May 2015. One of the many petroglyph panels at Piedras Marcadas in Albuquerque.
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Log Text: Literary hundreds of petroglyphs in two sites few kms of each other. Some show signs of vandalism. Be sure to arrive early in the morning to see some wildlife too.
Three Rivers Petroglyphs
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 27th Nov 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Three Rivers Petroglyphs submitted by RBE on 12th Nov 2011. Face
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Log Text: Hundreds of beautiful petroglyphs and even an ancient site to visit.
Pachacamac
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pachacamac submitted by Creative Commons on 5th Jul 2011. The Pachacamac Temple of the Sun. The photo was taken in 2002 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa).
Creative Commons Image
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Log Text: The mist in the morning over the ruins is amazing. The Temple of the Sun and also the Temple of Pachacamac (Painted Temple) align with the winter solstice sunrise.
Huaca Huantille
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Huaca Huantille submitted by pab on 21st Oct 2013. General view of the Huaca - earlier news reports say that the area around the pyramid was, until recently, used for slum dwellings - it is now securely fenced and being excavated. It was at great risk from both developers and theft.
The extremely dry conditions along the coastal strip have meant that the 'adobe' used in the construction of such structures lasts surprisingly well - Adobe bricks are made of earth with a fairly high clay content and straw and then only sun-dried, rather than...
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Log Text: Reconstructed pyramid in the heart of Lima.
Huaca Pucllana
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
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: Large complex still partly unexcavated.
Caral
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 3rd Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Caral submitted by sophs74 on 22nd Aug 2011. Archaeologists lunch break at Caral, Peru
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Log Text: The oldes ruins in the Americas. It is said this is the 2nd oldest civilization on Earth after Sumer. Many of pyramids some in good shape. The place is near a river similar with Giza in Egypt near the Nile.
Machu Picchu.
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 5th Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Machu Picchu. submitted by KaiHofmann on 6th May 2013. Machu Picchu.
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Log Text: Breathtaking! This is one of a "must see in your life" places!
Ollantaytambo
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 4th Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Ollantaytambo submitted by Jurgen on 5th Dec 2006. Sacred Valley of the Incas, Cusco, Peru. Ollantaytambo is a massive pre-Inca citadel located 50 kilometers from Machu Picchu.
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Log Text: Summer and winter solstice markers have been recently identified here.
Pisac Ruins
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Pisac Ruins submitted by Jurgen on 5th Dec 2006. The citadel, at the entrance to the Urubamba Valley, controlled a route which connected the Inca Empire with Paucartambo, on the border of the eastern jungles.
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Tambomachay
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Tambomachay submitted by davidmorgan on 23rd Apr 2010. Water is channelled down through this structure.
November 1994.
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Puca Pucara
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Puca Pucara submitted by SolarMegalith on 6th Jan 2011. Ruins of Puca Pucara fort (photo taken on May 2008).
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Sacsayhuaman
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Sacsayhuaman submitted by davidmorgan on 30th May 2007. Some local fauna for the tourists.
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