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Multi-periodSite Name: Malqui-MachayCountry: Ecuador
NOTE: This site is 34.953 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Village: Sigchos
Latitude: 0.709287S Longitude: 78.892164W
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 |
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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 |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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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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