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Serpent Mound, Ohio
Date Added: 3rd Jul 2015
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Serpent Mound, Ohio submitted by durhamnature on 26th Jan 2013. Old photo, from "Mound Builders..." via archive.org
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Log Text: Excellent preserved. The tall platform offers a great view of the mound except for the tail and part of the head. The alignments with the Sun and Moon are clearly marked. The museum offers a nice collection of books and souvenirs as well as a 20 minute movie.
Hopewell Culture National Historic Site
Date Added: 5th Jul 2015
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Hopewell Culture National Historic Site submitted by bat400 on 27th May 2006. Hopewell Culture NHP, Mound City Group.
Inside the main enclosure, this is a view looking toward the west. The large mound farthest back is the "Central Mound," the largest of the group. Closer is an elliptical mound, and a smaller conical mound is closest.
* The "Central Mound" was erected over the remains of two timber buildings with 13 cremated burials. Artifacts found included falcon effigies cut from copper sheets and fragments of human skull that had been cut and drilled (perhaps ...
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Log Text: Rangers are very helpful and answer all questions. There is also a 20 minute film giving an overview of the culture.
Legend Rock
Date Added: 24th Jun 2015
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (The Northwest Mountains)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Legend Rock submitted by mfrincu on 25th Jun 2015. Petroglyph panel at Legend Rock. Some of the drawings are 10,000 years old.
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Log Text: The place is open May through September. Outside this interval a key is needed from the Chamber of Commerce in Thermopolis. The site contains 15 petroglyph panels each explained in the free brochure. There is some damage to some but not considerable.
Bighorn Medicine Wheel
Date Added: 24th Jun 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: United States (The Northwest Mountains)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Bighorn Medicine Wheel submitted by bat400 on 26th Aug 2006. This sun wheel cairn arrangement is in the Bighorn National Forest, on Medicine Mountain. The fencing discourages casual vandals. Many visitors leave offerings.
Photo by bat400, June 2001.
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Log Text: I visited this place aiming to catch the summer solstice sunrise and sunset here. While it was cloudy for the sunset the sunrise offered a magnificent view and the stone alignment was perfectly visible.
Pictograph Caves
Date Added: 24th Jun 2015
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (The Northwest Mountains)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jun 2015. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 4
Pictograph Caves submitted by Flickr on 15th Jul 2015. Pictograph_Cave_09 Image copyright: koloth440, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: Unfortunately when I got here the cave was closed due to some rock slides. It was due for reopening by mid July. Hopefully the cave itself was not damaged.
Tataviam Pictograph Site
Date Added: 14th Jun 2015
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (The West)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Tataviam Pictograph Site submitted by mfrincu on 13th Jun 2015. Pictograph depicting a snake in the Vasquez Rocks park.
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Pisac Ruins
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Pisac Ruins submitted by Jurgen on 5th Dec 2006. The citadel, at the entrance to the Urubamba Valley, controlled a route which connected the Inca Empire with Paucartambo, on the border of the eastern jungles.
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Tambomachay
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Tambomachay submitted by davidmorgan on 23rd Apr 2010. Water is channelled down through this structure.
November 1994.
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Puca Pucara
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Puca Pucara submitted by SolarMegalith on 6th Jan 2011. Ruins of Puca Pucara fort (photo taken on May 2008).
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Sacsayhuaman
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Sacsayhuaman submitted by davidmorgan on 30th May 2007. Some local fauna for the tourists.
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Qenko
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Qenko submitted by Michelledubois on 11th Oct 2011. Near Cuzco is at a site called Qenqo, which is a monstrous rock all carved out with tunnels inside, and the whole upper surface is a maze of sculpted surfaces. The stone is andesite. The "thing" in this photo creates a perfect Puma head shadow 2 times a year. Nobody knows its true purpose.
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Machu Picchu.
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 5th Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Machu Picchu. submitted by KaiHofmann on 6th May 2013. Machu Picchu.
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Log Text: Breathtaking! This is one of a "must see in your life" places!
Ollantaytambo
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 4th Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Ollantaytambo submitted by Jurgen on 5th Dec 2006. Sacred Valley of the Incas, Cusco, Peru. Ollantaytambo is a massive pre-Inca citadel located 50 kilometers from Machu Picchu.
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Log Text: Summer and winter solstice markers have been recently identified here.
Caral
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 3rd Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Caral submitted by sophs74 on 22nd Aug 2011. Archaeologists lunch break at Caral, Peru
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Log Text: The oldes ruins in the Americas. It is said this is the 2nd oldest civilization on Earth after Sumer. Many of pyramids some in good shape. The place is near a river similar with Giza in Egypt near the Nile.
Pachacamac
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pachacamac submitted by Creative Commons on 5th Jul 2011. The Pachacamac Temple of the Sun. The photo was taken in 2002 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa).
Creative Commons Image
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Log Text: The mist in the morning over the ruins is amazing. The Temple of the Sun and also the Temple of Pachacamac (Painted Temple) align with the winter solstice sunrise.
Huaca Pucllana
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 2nd Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Huaca Pucllana submitted by mfrincu on 17th May 2015. Ancient Pyramid complex in the middle of the Miraflores neighborhood.
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Log Text: Large complex still partly unexcavated.
Huaca Huantille
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Huaca Huantille submitted by pab on 21st Oct 2013. General view of the Huaca - earlier news reports say that the area around the pyramid was, until recently, used for slum dwellings - it is now securely fenced and being excavated. It was at great risk from both developers and theft.
The extremely dry conditions along the coastal strip have meant that the 'adobe' used in the construction of such structures lasts surprisingly well - Adobe bricks are made of earth with a fairly high clay content and straw and then only sun-dried, rather than...
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Log Text: Reconstructed pyramid in the heart of Lima.
Ahu Akivi
Date Added: 19th Apr 2015
Site Type: Sculptured Stone
Country: Easter Island
Visited: Yes on 21st Mar 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Ahu Akivi submitted by Jon on 28th Dec 2003. Ahu Akivi
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Log Text: I have visited this place to experience the sunset during the Fall equinox. The scenery is gorgeous with the Sun setting in front of the Moai statues. It is also a perfect spot for taking night sky pictures.
Brunette Lady
Date Added: 16th May 2015
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (The West)
Visited: Yes on 14th Feb 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Brunette Lady submitted by mfrincu on 19th Apr 2015. Brunette Lady in Joshua Tree Park near Barker Dam.
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Log Text: Beautiful pictograph hidden from hikers' sight.
Red lady
Date Added: 16th May 2015
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (The West)
Visited: Yes on 14th Feb 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Red lady submitted by mfrincu on 19th Apr 2015. The Red Lady pictograph in Joshua Tree Park. Other faint pictographs are also visible. The red color is believed to be linked to the fertility cult.
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Log Text: You need to know where to look for it even with the marker a few meters away.