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Chinchero
Date Added: 19th Dec 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2003. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Chinchero submitted by Jurgen on 5th Dec 2006. Sacred Valley of the Incas, Cusco, Peru.
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Tiwanaku
Date Added: 20th Dec 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Bolivia
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2003. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Tiwanaku submitted by davidmorgan on 12th Feb 2007. La Puerta del Sol or Gateway of the Sun. November 1994.
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Cusco
Date Added: 21st Dec 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2003. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Cusco - Qorikancha submitted by davidmorgan on 7th Jan 2011. The remains of the Inca Temple of the Sun lie beneath the Cathedral of Santo Domingo.
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Huaca Esmeralda
Date Added: 26th Dec 2011
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2003. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Huaca Esmeralda submitted by SolarMegalith on 26th Dec 2011. Huaca Esmeralda with partly preserved friezes from period of Chimu empire (photo taken on July 2003).
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Cholula
Date Added: 21st Apr 2011
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Mexico (Puebla)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Cholula submitted by AlexHunger on 24th Apr 2007. Temples underneath Cholula Pyramid. Note stele at center.
Scanned pictures from 1982
Sadly, the church built on top offended my sense of aesthetics, so that I did not take a photo of the entire large mound.
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Monte Alban
Date Added: 21st Apr 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Oaxaca)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Monte Alban submitted by SolarMegalith on 15th Dec 2009. Juego de pelota - ball court destined to the ritual games. THe city of Monte Alban was flourishing between 500 and 750 AD, being one of the most important political and cultural centres of Zapotecs (photo taken on March 2004).
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Xochitecatl
Date Added: 21st Apr 2011
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Mexico (Tlaxcala)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Xochitecatl submitted by SolarMegalith on 15th Dec 2009. Pyramid of the Flowers - view from the road to Cacaxtla (photo taken on March 2004).
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Log Text: There is easy approach from the parkplace, but I recommend taking the footpath from Cacaxtla.
Tres Zapotes
Date Added: 19th Dec 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Veracruz)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Tres Zapotes submitted by SolarMegalith on 12th Dec 2010. Site in Veracruz Mexico
Remains of Olmec cult centre is Tres Zapotes (photo taken in 2005).
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La Cobata
Date Added: 21st Apr 2011
Site Type: Sculptured Stone
Country: Mexico (Veracruz)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2004. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
La Cobata submitted by SolarMegalith on 15th Apr 2011. La Cobata - one of the most famous Olmec heads (photo taken on March 2004).
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Quiahuiztlan
Date Added: 4th Jun 2011
Site Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Country: Mexico (Veracruz)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Quiahuiztlan submitted by SolarMegalith on 4th Jun 2011. Well preserved tombs in shape of houses (photo taken on March 2004).
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El Tajin
Date Added: 21st Apr 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Veracruz)
Visited: Yes on 21st Mar 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
El Tajin submitted by SolarMegalith on 21st Apr 2011. Piramide de los Nichos (Pyramid of Niches) - the most famous structure in El Tajin (phto taken on March 2004).
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Cacaxtla
Date Added: 21st Apr 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Tlaxcala)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Cacaxtla submitted by SolarMegalith on 10th Apr 2011. Ruins of Gran Basamento in Cacaxtla (photo taken on March 2004).
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Visbek Steingrab 3
Trip No.9 Entry No.21 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Visbek Steingrab 3 submitted by SolarMegalith on 22nd Jun 2008. This burial chamber is strongly ruined, still it's shape is visible till nowdays. Less spectacular than other Visbek megaliths, belongs to the group of tombs near Visbeker Brautigam.
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Gretescher Steine
Trip No.9 Entry No.17 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Gretescher Steine submitted by Martin_L on 28th Oct 2009. Only the impressive central part of this large passage grave is preserved. Viewed from the Northeast. Two orthostats of the lateral passage are visible to te left (SE) of the chamber. Clear width of the remaining chamber part varies between 2,9m and 3,8m. October 2009
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Visbeker Bräutigam
Trip No.9 Entry No.20 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Visbeker Bräutigam submitted by Martin_L on 12th Feb 2009. Barrows eastern end. View W. Staff for scaling reasons measuring 1m.
The 2 kerbstones foreground right are fallen (February 2009)
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Visbek Steingrab 1
Trip No.9 Entry No.23 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Visbek Steingrab 1 submitted by madcat on 27th Apr 2006. This grave is part of the ensemble of megaliths around the Visbeker Brautigum (bridegroom). It lies very close to the busy A1 highway.
Interestingly, the chamber seems to have been enlarged after it was built.
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Visbek Steingrab 2
Trip No.9 Entry No.24 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Visbek Steingrab 2 submitted by Klingon on 14th Jan 2005. Hünengrab 935 Visbek (Hunbed 935 Visbek)
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Visbek Brautwagen
Trip No.9 Entry No.22 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Visbek Brautwagen submitted by Klingon on 21st Sep 2004. Brautwagen Visbek (bride coach Visbek).
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Ahlhorner Kellersteine Ost
Trip No.9 Entry No.26 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Ahlhorner Kellersteine Ost submitted by Martin_L on 19th Jan 2009. Looking towards east (April 2008).
The westernmost capstone is missing, the central capstone is blown into 2 pieces. Trapezoid chamber, partly filled with earth. Clear size 6m x 2,5m-2m.
Reference: Sprockhoff/Schwieger in Sprockhoff E., Atlas der Megalithgräber Deutschlands - Niedersachsen-Westfalen, p. 133
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Zeupire Standing Stone
Trip No.9 Entry No.1 Date Added: 1st Oct 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Belgium
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Zeupire Standing Stone submitted by SolarMegalith on 27th Jun 2008. Site in Belgium: Zeupire standing stone near Gozée surrounded by a small hedge
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