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Indigenous ceremonial complex sacred sites
Explore Indigenous ceremonial complex sacred sites across countries, regions, pilgrimage routes, and sacred landscapes.
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Mangyol Stone Money Bank
Makiy, Gagil, Yap State, Makiy, Gagil, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
Mangyol is a cross-shaped ceremonial ground in Yap holding dozens of massive limestone discs — stone money quarried hundreds of miles away in Palau and paddled home by...
Vinapu Ceremonial Complex
Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Chile
Vinapu's rear wall shows the finest unmortared stonework on Rapa Nui, blocks of basalt cut and fitted with a precision that has drawn comparisons to Inca masonry for...

Ahu Nau Nau
Anakena, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Anakena, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Chile
At Anakena's white-sand cove, seven restored moai stand where, according to Rapa Nui tradition, the island's first Polynesian settlers made landfall....
Tahai Ceremonial Complex
Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Chile
Tahai gathers three ahu — Ko Te Riku, Tahai, and Vai Uri — into a single coastal complex near Hanga Roa, one of the island's oldest ceremonial sites and, today, its...
Ahu Tongariki
Hanga Nui, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Hanga Nui, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Chile
Fifteen moai face inland across a hundred-meter stone platform at Hanga Nui bay, backs to the Pacific, watching over a community they were carved to protect....
Ahu Akivi
Hanga Roa interior, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Hanga Roa interior, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Chile
Ahu Akivi's seven uniform moai stand on an inland pasture, gazing toward the ocean rather than a settlement — the only ahu on Rapa Nui known to do so....
Rano Raraku
Hanga Roa / Hanga Nui area, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Hanga Roa / Hanga Nui area, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Chile
On the slopes of a volcanic crater on Rapa Nui's eastern side, hundreds of moai stand half-buried in the earth where they were carved — some finished, some abandoned...
Nan Madol
Temwen Island, Pohnpei State, Temwen Island, Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia
Nan Madol rises from a Pohnpei lagoon as ninety-odd artificial islets stacked with basalt columns weighing tens of tons apiece....
Orongo Ceremonial Village
Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Chile
On the rim of the Rano Kau volcanic crater, low stone houses look out over sheer cliffs toward three offshore islets....
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