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Submitted by davidmorgan on Wednesday, 14 March 2012  Page Views: 9272

Multi-periodSite Name: Malqui-Machay
Country: Ecuador
NOTE: This site is 45.183 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
 Nearest Village: Sigchos
Latitude: 0.709287S  Longitude: 78.892164W
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Malqui-Machay submitted by Andy B : An alley entrance at Machay Source: Historian Tamara Estupiñan, member of the Commission on History, National Section of Ecuador, PAIGH. Site in Ecuador (Vote or comment on this photo)
A recently discovered Inca site, 70km south of Quito. Possibly the burial site of the last Inca, Atahualpa. A sophisticated network of walls, aqueducts and stonework has already been unearthed.

The site, in tropical lowland on the eastern flank of the Andes, has been identified as a “late imperial design Inca monument” of high significance by the archeologist who discovered it, Tamara Estupinan, of the French Institute for Andean Studies.

She believes the site is Atahualpa's burial ground, based on the association of this area with Rumiñahui, the Inca general who may have taken charge of the emperor's body after his execution. Excavations planned for this summer will seek to provide answers on whether the find really does include the tomb of the last capac, or ruler, of Tahuantinsuyo, the once-mighty trans-Andean Incan empire.

See the links below for more details.

The area is within the "Latacunga Loop," a mountainous bus circuit of roads connecting Latacunga, Saquisili, Sigchos, Chugchilan, and Zumbahua.

Note: Ruins may solve riddle of the last Incan king
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Malqui-Machay submitted by Andy B : Typical trapezoidal Inca water channel Source: Historian Tamara Estupiñan, member of the Commission on History, National Section of Ecuador, PAIGH. Site in Ecuador (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Malqui-Machay submitted by Andy B : Architectural structure 'ushnu' indicating a possible sacred place. Source: Historian Tamara Estupiñan, member of the Commission on History, National Section of Ecuador, PAIGH. Site in Ecuador (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Malqui-Machay submitted by Andy B : Estructura arquitectónica relacionada con posible pucullu Source: Historian Tamara Estupiñan, member of the Commission on History, National Section of Ecuador, PAIGH. Site in Ecuador (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Malqui-Machay submitted by Andy B : Small square adjacent to a possible Inca bath (left). Source: Historian Tamara Estupiñan, member of the Commission on History, National Section of Ecuador, PAIGH. Site in Ecuador (Vote or comment on this photo)

Malqui-Machay
Malqui-Machay submitted by Andy B : Georges Lomné, Director of the French Institute of Andean Studies, IFEA and historian Tamara Estupiñán Source: Historian Tamara Estupiñan, member of the Commission on History, National Section of Ecuador, PAIGH. Site in Ecuador

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Clue to Inca emperor tomb found by bat400 on Wednesday, 14 March 2012
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It has been sought for centuries but remained a mystery, still out of reach. Now an expert has pinpointed a site that could be Atahualpa's resting place: The last Inca emperor's tomb.

"This is an absolutely important find for the history of Ecuador's archaeology and for the [Andean] region," said Patrimony Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa, speaking of the ruins found by Ecuadoran historian Tamara Estupinan.

Atahualpa was the last of his dynasty. During the Spanish conquest he was taken captive in what is now Cajamarca, Peru. He had been pressed to convert to Christianity and then the Spanish executed him by strangulation, then after his death in 1533, the empire began to fall apart.

This year Ecuador's state Cultural Patrimony Institute will start work on a promising archaeological site, and Estupinan will be front and centre to raise the curtain on a massive complex sprawling over a ridge at 1 020m.

It was back in June 2010 that Estupinan, now a researcher with the French Institute for Andean Studies (Ifea), found what she describes as an "Inca archaeological site" high on the Andes' eastern flank amid plunging canyons. Nearby are a small local farm and a facility for raising fighting cocks.

But in the area called Sigchos, about 70km south of Quito, up on a hill dotted with brush, there is more: She found a complex of walls, aqueducts and stonework that lie inside the Machay rural retreat. Machay means burial in the Quechua language.

"This is a late imperial design Inca monument that leads to several rectangular rooms that were built with cut polished stone set around a trapezoidal plaza," Estupinan said.

Inside the facility, a walled walkway starts at the Machay River and one can see the shape of an "ushno", essentially stairs that form a pyramid believed to be the capac's (emperor's) throne.


"Malqui-Machay is part of a broader complex that also would have included the Quilotoa lagoon and the area called Pujili (Cotopaxi)," he explained.

Estupinan has some more specific ideas. She believes Malqui-Machay is Atahualpa's final resting place. The tomb of the last capac of Tahuantinsuyo, the trans-Andean empire.

While many experts have other theories, Estupinan believes that when Atahualpa was killed his remains could have been brought by his most loyal man, Ruminahui, to Sigchos for burial, to a place where Ruminahui based his fight for survival against the European intruders.

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The Sigchos, the last refuge of the Incas Quiteños by Andy B on Thursday, 01 March 2012
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The Sigchos, the last refuge of the Incas Quiteños
(A preliminary look)

by Tamara Estupiñán Viteri
Researcher, French Institute of Andean Studies IFEA
Member Committee on History, National Section of the Ecuador-PAIGH

http://www.ipgh.gob.ec/index.php/component/content/article/8-noticias-seccion-nacional/100-los-sigchos-el-ultimo-refugio-de-los-incas-quitenos

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Video from the IFEA (Equadorean Heritage Agency), with Spanish commentary by Andy B on Thursday, 01 March 2012
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Video from the IFEA (French Institute of Andean Studies), with Spanish commentary

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Re: Ruins may solve riddle of last Incan king by Andy B on Thursday, 01 March 2012
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More on this in Spanish
http://www.elcomercio.com/cultura/Malqui-Machay-refugio-ultimos-quitenos_0_515348600.html

Malqui Machay would have been the last refuge of the Incas
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Thanks for the new site page
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Ruins may solve riddle of last Incan king by davidmorgan on Thursday, 01 March 2012
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HE has been sought for centuries. Now archeologists in Ecuador believe they may have found the final resting place of Atahualpa, the last Incan emperor.

Since the 16th century the story of Atahualpa has been shrouded in mystery, stained with blood and framed by tales of conquistador greed. Experts hope that the riddle of his ultimate fate will be solved at Malqui-Machay, a newly discovered Incan complex about 70km south of Quito, the Ecuadorian capital.

A sophisticated network of walls, aqueducts and stonework has already been unearthed. The site, in tropical lowland on the eastern flank of the Andes, has been identified as a “late imperial design Inca monument” of high significance by the archeologist who discovered it, Tamara Estupinan, of the French Institute for Andean Studies.

She believes the site is Atahualpa's burial ground. Excavations planned for this summer will seek to provide answers on whether the find really does include the tomb of the last capac, or ruler, of Tahuantinsuyo, the once-mighty trans-Andean Incan empire.

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