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Airibaba
Sherabad District, Surxondaryo Region, Uzbekistan
Airibaba is a unknown of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 37.78861, 66.55583. Located in Surxondaryo Viloyati, Oʻzbekiston.
Aramu Muru
Ilave, Puno, Peru
Aramu Muru is a abandoned stone carving of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: -16.17051, -69.54123. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological, pilgrimage. Tradition: Incan. Mythological context: Incan. Aramu Muru is an abandoned stone carving in Peru, near Lake Titicaca, known as “Gate of the Gods”. It was discovered in the early 1990s and is believed to be an abandoned Incan construction project. The flat stone is approximately 23 ft (7.0 m) square, with a T-shaped niche measuring 6 feet and 6 inches (198 cm) tall carved into it. Aramu Muru is a popular tourist destination for paranormal pilgrimage. Legend has it that an Incan priest in possession of a golden disk, placed the disk in a small depression in the door (the door being the niche carved into the rock), and this caused the door to open. The golden disk supposedly dropped from the sky. Located in Ilave, Puno, Peru.
Cahuachi Nazca site
Nazca, Ica, Peru
Cahuachi Nazca site is a archaeological site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: -14.81886, -75.11811. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological, ceremonial. Located in Nasca, Ica, Peru.
Drokri Rinchen Jungney
Shingkhar, Bumthang District, Bhutan
Drokri Rinchen Jungney is a unknown of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 27.49997, 90.94944. Located in Shingkhar, བུམ་ཐང་རྫོང་ཁག་, འབྲུགཡུལ་.
Ollantaytambo Archeological Site
Compone, Cusco, Peru
Ollantaytambo is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: -13.25668, -72.26590. Ollantaytambo (Quechua: Ullantaytampu) is a town and an Inca archaeological site in southern Peru some 72 km (45 mi) by road northwest of the city of Cusco. It is located at an altitude of 2,792 m (9,160 ft) above sea level in the district of Ollantaytambo, province of Urubamba, Cusco region. During the Inca Empire, Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley of the Incas was the royal estate of Emperor Pachacuti, after the mid-15th century.: 73 He built a town and a ceremonial center there. At the time of the Spanish conquest of Peru, it served as a stronghold for Manco Inca Yupanqui, leader of the Inca resistance. It is now an important tourist attraction on account of its Inca ruins and its location en route to a starting point for the four-day, three-night hike of the Inca Trail. Located in Ollantaytambo, Cusco, Peru.
Pukara, Templo Santa Isabel
Pukara, Puno, Peru
Pukara, Templo Santa Isabel is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: -15.04230, -70.36860. Located in Pucará, Puno, Peru.
Q'enco Archeological Complex
Cuzco, Cusco, Peru
Qenko is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: -13.50883, -71.97047. Q enqo, Qenko, Kenko, or Quenco (all from Quechua for zig-zag ) is an archaeological site in the Sacred Valley of Peru located in the Cusco Region, Cusco Province, Cusco District, about 6 km north east of Cusco. The site was declared a Cultural Heritage (Patrimonio Cultural) of the Cusco Region by the National Institute of Culture. It is one of the largest huacas (holy places) in the Cusco Region. Many huacas were based on naturally occurring rock formations. It was believed to be a place where sacrifices and mummification took place. A tunnel runs inside the huaca with a large gutter on one side, leading to a room containing a ceremonial table with niches on either side. The discovery of many bones within the gutter leads experts to believe this room was the site of ritual sacrifices. One of the niches was used to place mummies while another contained a large silver plate which reflected the sun s rays into the room. Located in Distrito de Cusco, Cusco, Peru.
Saqsaywaman
Cuzco, Cusco, Peru
Saqsaywaman is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: -13.50986, -71.98169. Located in Distrito de Cusco, Cusco, Peru.
Selinunte Archeological Park
Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy
Parco Archeologico di Selinunte is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 37.58369, 12.82501. Located in Castelvetrano, Sicilia, Italy.
Sillustani
Atuncolla, Puno, Peru
Sillustani is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: -15.72141, -70.15898. Sillustani is a pre-Inca cemetery on the shores of Lake Umayo near Puno in Peru. The tombs, which are built above ground in tower-like structures called chullpas, are the vestiges of the Qulla people, most likely a Puquina-speaking people, conquered by the Inca Empire in the 15th century. The structures housed the remains of complete family groups, although they were probably limited to nobility. Many of the tombs have been dynamited by grave robbers, while others were left unfinished. Located in Atuncolla, Puno, Peru.