{"id":13365,"date":"2017-12-14T21:53:46","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T02:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/?p=13365"},"modified":"2024-08-26T11:01:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T16:01:15","slug":"d-shaped-wari-temple-discovered-in-cuscos-vilcabamba-jungle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/2017\/d-shaped-wari-temple-discovered-in-cuscos-vilcabamba-jungle\/13365\/","title":{"rendered":"D-shaped Wari Temple Discovered in Cusco’s Vilcabamba Jungle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Ministry of Culture announced the discovery of an enormous pre-Inca temple in the shape of the letter “D” at archaeological ruins in Espiritu Pampa in Cusco’s jungle-shrouded Vilcabamba region, northwest of Machu Picchu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lead archaeologist Javier Fonseca said<\/a> the architectural style is consistent with the Wari, whose culture expanded out from Ayacucho in the central highlands to conquer and flourish over a wide swath of Peru starting around 450 until 1100 CE, about 300 years before the rise of the Inca Empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the center of the giant retaining walls, the archaeologists found a smaller structure, also formed in the shape of a “D” which could have served as part of an astronomical observatory or to perform magical and religious rituals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two Wari ceremic vessels were found, one featuring a spout in the form of a human face with pronounced features, enormous eyes and an ornate crown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The researchers also excavated a bevy of Inca artifacts, including Tupu brooches, silver pins and ceramic bottles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ministry of Culture announced the discovery of an enormous pre-Inca temple in the shape of the letter “D” at archaeological ruins in Espiritu Pampa in Cusco’s jungle-shrouded Vilcabamba region, northwest of Machu Picchu. Lead archaeologist Javier Fonseca said the architectural style is consistent with the Wari, whose culture expanded out from Ayacucho in the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[928],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-13365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archaeology_sites","tag-huari-archaeology","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t