{"id":3417,"date":"2013-01-28T18:11:25","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T02:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/?page_id=3417"},"modified":"2013-02-03T12:23:44","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T20:23:44","slug":"ancient-americas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/?page_id=3417","title":{"rendered":"ANCIENT AMERICAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Travelling through Latin America, one is constantly made aware of the fact that people have been here for a very long time, building cities and creating works of art still visible centuries (and in some cases millennia) after the cultures who made them disappeared.<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Las-Ventanillas-De-Otuzco.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3418 alignleft\" alt=\"Las-Ventanillas-De-Otuzco\" src=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Las-Ventanillas-De-Otuzco.jpg\" width=\"208\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Las-Ventanillas-De-Otuzco.jpg 960w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Las-Ventanillas-De-Otuzco-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Las-Ventanillas-De-Otuzco-640x420.jpg 640w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Las-Ventanillas-De-Otuzco-450x295.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a>Las Ventanillas De Otuzco<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>PERU<\/strong><br \/>\nThese &#8220;windows&#8221; were actually tombs for Cajamarca royalty.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Click image to enlarge)<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Sascaywaman.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3421 alignleft\" alt=\"Sascaywaman\" src=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Sascaywaman.jpg\" width=\"208\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Sascaywaman.jpg 960w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Sascaywaman-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Sascaywaman-640x420.jpg 640w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Sascaywaman-450x295.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a>Sacsayhuaman<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>PERU<\/strong><br \/>\nContrasts of colour and culture. The rain comes down and the plastic ponchos come out on the giant wet stones of this Inca ruin.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Click image to enlarge)<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Cueva-De-Las-Manos.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3423 alignleft\" alt=\"Cueva-De-Las-Manos\" src=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Cueva-De-Las-Manos.jpg\" width=\"208\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Cueva-De-Las-Manos.jpg 960w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Cueva-De-Las-Manos-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Cueva-De-Las-Manos-640x420.jpg 640w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Cueva-De-Las-Manos-450x295.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a>Cueva de las Manos<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>ARGENTINA<\/strong><br \/>\n13,ooo-year-old stencils of left hands as well as other artwork adorn the walls of this cave in Argentine Patagonia.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Click image to enlarge)<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Ciudad-Perdida.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3425 alignleft\" alt=\"Ciudad-Perdida\" src=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Ciudad-Perdida.jpg\" width=\"208\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Ciudad-Perdida.jpg 960w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Ciudad-Perdida-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Ciudad-Perdida-640x420.jpg 640w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Ciudad-Perdida-450x295.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a>Ciudad Perdida<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>COLOMBIA<\/strong><br \/>\nThe &#8220;Lost City&#8221; is worth\u00a0every blister and bug bite you&#8217;ll collect on the 6-day trek to see it.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Click image to enlarge)<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Chan-Chan-Walls.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3427 alignleft\" alt=\"Chan-Chan-Walls\" src=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Chan-Chan-Walls.jpg\" width=\"208\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Chan-Chan-Walls.jpg 960w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Chan-Chan-Walls-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Chan-Chan-Walls-640x420.jpg 640w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Chan-Chan-Walls-450x295.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a>Chan Chan<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>PERU<\/strong><br \/>\nAn enormous adobe city on Peru&#8217;s coastal desert outside Trujillo.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Click image to enlarge)<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Mitla-Courtyard-Oaxaca-State.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3428 alignleft\" alt=\"Mitla-Courtyard-Oaxaca-State\" src=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Mitla-Courtyard-Oaxaca-State.jpg\" width=\"208\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Mitla-Courtyard-Oaxaca-State.jpg 960w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Mitla-Courtyard-Oaxaca-State-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Mitla-Courtyard-Oaxaca-State-640x420.jpg 640w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Mitla-Courtyard-Oaxaca-State-450x295.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a>Mitla<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>MEXICO<\/strong><br \/>\nThe southern state of Oaxaca&#8217;s other major archaeological site (after Monte Alb\u00e1n).<\/p>\n<p><em>(Click image to enlarge)<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Kuelap-Huts.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3429 alignleft\" alt=\"Kuelap-Huts\" src=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Kuelap-Huts.jpg\" width=\"208\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Kuelap-Huts.jpg 960w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Kuelap-Huts-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Kuelap-Huts-640x420.jpg 640w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Kuelap-Huts-450x295.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a>Ku\u00e9lap<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>PERU<\/strong><br \/>\nA very impressive walled city on a high ridge, built by the Chapapoyan culture.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Click image to enlarge)<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Lintel-At-Yaxchilan.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3430 alignleft\" alt=\"Lintel-At-Yaxchilan\" src=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Lintel-At-Yaxchilan.jpg\" width=\"208\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Lintel-At-Yaxchilan.jpg 960w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Lintel-At-Yaxchilan-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Lintel-At-Yaxchilan-640x420.jpg 640w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Lintel-At-Yaxchilan-450x295.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a>Yaxchil\u00e1n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>MEXICO<\/strong><br \/>\nOne of Latin America&#8217;s top ancient sites, Yaxchil\u00e1n has many ornate lintels engraved into its doorways.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Click image to enlarge)<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Huaca-De-La-Luna-Walls-And-Frescoes.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3431 alignleft\" alt=\"Huaca-De-La-Luna-Walls-And-Frescoes\" src=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Huaca-De-La-Luna-Walls-And-Frescoes.jpg\" width=\"208\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Huaca-De-La-Luna-Walls-And-Frescoes.jpg 960w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Huaca-De-La-Luna-Walls-And-Frescoes-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Huaca-De-La-Luna-Walls-And-Frescoes-640x420.jpg 640w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Huaca-De-La-Luna-Walls-And-Frescoes-450x295.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a>Huaca de la Luna<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>PERU<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Temple of the Moon&#8221; is a painted pyramid in the desert, built and inhabited the Moche from the 3rd to the 8th century.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Click image to enlarge)<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Machu-Picchu.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3432 alignleft\" alt=\"Machu-Picchu\" src=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Machu-Picchu.jpg\" width=\"208\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Machu-Picchu.jpg 960w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Machu-Picchu-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Machu-Picchu-640x420.jpg 640w, https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Machu-Picchu-450x295.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a>Machu Picchu<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>PERU<\/strong><br \/>\nDespite the hype, the millions of tourists, and all that flaky new age nonsense, Machu Picchu is an amazing sight to behold.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Click image to enlarge)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>All images \u00a9 El Pedalero.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Read the article,\u00a0<a title=\"The Road To Ruin: Biking The Ancient World In Latin America\" href=\"https:\/\/elpedalero.com\/?p=2156\" target=\"_blank\">The\u00a0Road To Ruin: Biking The Ancient World In Latin America<\/a>\u00a0to find out which ruins made El Pedalero&#8217;s top three ancient sites.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travelling through Latin America, one is constantly made aware of the fact that people have been here for a very long time, building cities and creating works of art still visible centuries (and in some cases millennia) after the cultures who made them disappeared. &nbsp; Las Ventanillas De Otuzco PERU These &#8220;windows&#8221; were actually tombs 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