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Multi-periodSite Name: ObandoCountry: Colombia
NOTE: This site is 60.632 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: San Agustin
Latitude: 1.938888N Longitude: 76.299033W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Rock Cut Tombs in Colombia
In a village of Obando there is a rural museum and a group of Pre-Colombian rock cut tombs similar to those from Tierradentro. The staircases cut in rock lead to the burial chambers. 30 tombs from Obando were excavated, some of the finds can be seen in a local museum.
Obando is located 11 km from San Agustin and 3 km North from Rio Magdalena river.
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