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<< Our Photo Pages >> Cerro Sechin - Ancient Temple in Peru

Submitted by bat400 on Monday, 08 October 2018  Page Views: 8776

Multi-periodSite Name: Cerro Sechin
Country: Peru
NOTE: This site is 2.249 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Casma
Latitude: 9.4808S  Longitude: 78.2591W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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davidmorgan visited on 15th Jul 2019 Wonderful carvings - a bit gory.

bat400 visited on 3rd Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 "Cerro" is the actual hill immediately behind where this structure was built. A path along the hillside above the building was described by our guide as being a modern structure meant to prevent erosion and landslides, but I'm not certain that this wasn't a translating error on our part. A common theory about the building is that incised slabs of warriors and the dead were put into place as a combination of a warning to those who might oppose the Sechin power and a statement of triumph over their enemies. The depictions of dead (sacrificed?) include streams of blood flowing from missing eyes, severed heads and limbs. Combined with the slightly cartoonish presentation, I found this to be one of the more unsettling depictions of ancient violence I've seen at ancient sites, which is saying a lot. Nearby there are half finished slabs of stone with similar engraving, but all of them have either flaws in the stone itself or actual errors in the carving (misplaced facial features, asymmetries, or just plain ugly) and appear to have been abandoned midway through the process. A small museum is on site as well, with textiles, ceramics, and human remains from a burial. Several hairless Peruvian dogs live here in the outside area.

Cerro Sechin
Cerro Sechin submitted by bat400 : 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. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Ceremonial/Civic Site in Ancash State, Peru. One of the earliest sites excavated in what is now known as the Sechin Complex, Cerro Sechin is an adobe brick mound topped by a building displaying a wall of granite slabs. This wall is carved with views of warriors and the grisly dead.

The Sechin Complex culture dates back to Peru's "Formative" period in the second millennium BC. This is the most highly decorated building in the Casma Valley of this era. The decorated slabs are estimated to have been put in place long after the initial construction of the structure, ~1290 BC. The incised figures include warriors armed with clubs and wearing headdresses and decorated kilts. The other figures are of either the dead of battle or sacrificial victims in various states of dismemberment: bodies severed into pieces, piles of eyeballs, spines. It is unknown if the figures depict mythology or realistic ceremony.

The Casma valley supported multiple massive complexes like Cerro Sechin along with towns and villages often sited in long rows facing a central street. Cerro Sechin and much of the "urban" Casma Valley was abandoned by 800BC. Examination of aerial photos also reveals rectangular buildings or platforms on many of the desert hill tops.
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Cerro Sechin
Cerro Sechin submitted by sophs74 : Carvings of a gorey prehistoric battle adorn the walls at Cerro Sechin, warriors wielding stone axes are depicted decapitating their enemies, disembodied body parts and streams of blood are carefully carved to show what a fearsome fighting force they were, Sechin Bajo, Casma, Peru... easy to reach from town, a short walk / motorbike taxi ride, great onsite museum where guide can be hired to take ... (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cerro Sechin submitted by davidmorgan : The western side wall. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cerro Sechin submitted by davidmorgan : One of the marvellous carvings. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cerro Sechin submitted by davidmorgan : More carvings on the front wall. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cerro Sechin submitted by davidmorgan : Carvings on the front wall.

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Cerro Sechin submitted by davidmorgan : Stairways at the centre.

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Cerro Sechin submitted by bat400 : Site in Peru. Images of the dead, one assumes as sacrifices. The waving "streams" coming from the decapitated heads are interpreted as streams of blood from the skull being cut open, on the in case of the head at the lower right an eye removed. Photo by bat400. Sept 2018.

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Cerro Sechin submitted by bat400 : Site in Peru. Image of a warrior. Photo by bat400. September 2018.

Cerro Sechin
Cerro Sechin submitted by bat400 : Site in Peru. At the on site museum. Included is one of the Peruvian Hairless Dogs. Photo by bat400. September 2018.

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