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<< Our Photo Pages >> Willkawain - Chambered Tomb in Peru

Submitted by davidmorgan on Thursday, 26 January 2017  Page Views: 1533

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Willkawain Alternative Name: Willkawayin
Country: Peru
NOTE: This site is 25.602 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Huaraz
Latitude: 9.483248S  Longitude: 77.511435W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
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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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Willkawain
Willkawain submitted by bat400 : Site in Ancash Dept., Peru. The visitors are facing the entrance to the first, or lowest level. The decorative figure is seen below the roof line. The entrance to the second level can be seen to the right. Photo by bat400, Sept 2018. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Tomb in Huaraz Province, Peru.
A large, multi-chambered stone Wari mausoleum dating from around 900 CE.

The large building sits on the flank of a hillside above Huaraz city. The rectangular footprint is approximately 20 x 10 meters. The building is of three levels, the lowest sunk into the ground by approximately half its depth and entered on a narrow side, the second level entered on a long side, and the highest level entered opposite the lowest level. A rounded roof tops the structure. The all stone construction is supported by interior walls making up the many chambers on each level and substantial internal passageways providing ventilation throughout.

The three levels are thought to have represented three primary realms common to Wari and other cultures of western South America: the underworld, where the dead nurtured their descendants, the world seen by humanity, and the world of the heavens, where deities dwell. These physical locations may have some bearing on where within the structure, specific persons mummified remains were placed.

the exact situation of Wari mummies in Willkawain is speculative since the contents were robbed in the colonial period and very few Wari mummy bundles have been found and examined in situ.

Outside the main chamber is a small satellite stone building that is thought to have been a place for a watchman or caretaker. There is also a small museum.

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Ichik Willkawain
Ichik Willkawain submitted by bat400 : Site in Ancash Dept., Peru. Photo by bat400, September 2018. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Willkawain
Willkawain submitted by bat400 : Site in Ancash Dept., Peru. The side of the monument facing away from the modern entrance to the site. Photo by bat400, Sept 2018. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ichik Willkawain
Ichik Willkawain submitted by bat400 : Site in Ancash Dept., Peru. Photo by bat400, September 2018. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ichik Willkawain
Ichik Willkawain submitted by bat400 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ichik Willkawain
Ichik Willkawain submitted by bat400

Ichik Willkawain
Ichik Willkawain submitted by bat400

Ichik Willkawain
Ichik Willkawain submitted by bat400

Willkawain
Willkawain submitted by bat400 : Site in Ancash Dept., Peru. The only decoration on the monument, a tenoned head, similar to much earlier and more detailed figures found at Chavin. Photo by bat400, Sept 2018.

Willkawain
Willkawain submitted by bat400 : Site in Ancash Dept., Peru. Interior on the second level, looking back toward the outside entrance. Note the very large stones making the doorway to the first long gallery, running the length of the building. Photo by bat400, Sept 2018.

Willkawain
Willkawain submitted by bat400 : Site in Ancash Dept., Peru. Interior on the third level. Note the sloping ceiling, marking the roof edge. Photo by bat400, Sept 2018.

Willkawain
Willkawain submitted by bat400 : Site in Ancash Dept., Peru. The outlying "guardian" building near the large Willkawain monument. Note the rounded stone roof; the structure is much in the same style as the mausoleum, but much smaller. Photo by bat400, Sept 2018.

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