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Peru - Pre-Inca Mummies 132 images Created 15 Jun 2021

Discovery of first unlooted pre-Inca tomb on the side of a cliff in the Amazon cloud forests. Horse trekking and archaeology to the Chachapoyas region, Peru for Nat Geo Adventure and two followup assignments for NGM.
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  • A pre-Incan (Chachapoyan) nail stone sculpture.
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  • A horseman leads his mount through a rough section of northern Inca Trail, descending from "halca" grasslands of Peru's  Cordillera Cental into the vast Amazon cloud forest below.
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  • Horse packing in cloud forest above Mangalpa.
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  • PERU, Trekking. Dog endures drizzle during bivouac camp for eco-travel group in "halca" grasslands atop a pass near Chachapoyas.
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  • Horsemen load up at bivouac camp on first pass.
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  • Photographer Gordon Wiltsie rides rides a sturdy mule in a fogbank high in the Cordillera Central, Amazonas District, Peru.
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  • Hikers in fog above Mangalpa.
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  • PERU. Horseman in fog above Mangalpa village in Cordillera Central near Chachapoyas. Andes Mountains.
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  • Riders descend through cloud forest above Chuylon, Peru, in the Amazonas District.
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  • View down Rio Pindoc valley from above Chuylon.
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  • Wildflowers bloom in the Cordillera Central, Peru.
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  • Villager in Chuylon.
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  • A grandmother carries her grandson as they watch the first-ever "gringo" tourists to visit Yamblon, Peru.
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  • Senor Richard Rey Cotrima, a village leader in Yamblon, Peru, rears his horse in the village common area.
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  • Senor Richard Rey Cotrima, el presidente de la fiesta in Yamblon, Peru, taks with his son who is sitting on a horse.
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  • A youngster rides a horse Yamblon, Peru.
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  • Yamblon village.
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  • PERU, Village musicians in Yamblon village near Chachapoyas.
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  • Dr. Peter Lerche inspects ruins of ancient Chachapoyan circular house at Talape.
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  • Dr. Peter Lerche inspects ruins of ancient Chachapoyan circular house at Talape.
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  • Trail to Mt. Shubet. Mt. Shubet bkg.
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  • A Peruvian villager stands on sunset-lit slopes of Mount Shubet.
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  • Hikers survey view from Mt. Shubet.
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  • Ancient Chachapoyan petroglyph on Mt. Shubet. (points north)
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  • An  trekker looks at a Chachapoyan snake petroglyph atop Mount Shubet.
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  • PERU. Peruvian guides survey view from Mount Shubet.
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  • Trail down from Mt. Shubet.
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  • Stone wall at Chachapoyan fort at Cuelap pre-dates the Inca.
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  • A traveler in Peru's Cordillera Central passes a narrow entrance between the imposing fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
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  • A traveler stands by fortress walls at Kuelap, a pre-Inca stronghold.
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  • A traveler in Peru's Cordillera Central approaches a narrow entrance between the imposing fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
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  • Stone walls of Chachapoyan fort at Cuelap pre-date the Inca.
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  • Rock patterns, possibly symbolizing jaguar eyes, adorn a wall at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture that dominated northern Peru about 600 years ago.
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  • Travelers explore below fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
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  • A traveler in Peru's Cordillera Central passes a reconstructed circular house at Kuelap, an ancient stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
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  • A rock carving of a face adorns the cornerstone of a temple at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture in Peru's Cordillera Central.
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  • An agave plant grows in cloud forests above the Amazon.
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  • Entrance to huge Chachapoyan fort, predating Peru's Inca culture.
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  • Tourist police keep watch at ancient Chachapoyan fort at Cuelap.
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  • A traveler in Peru's Cordillera Central approaches the imposing fortress walls at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture.
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  • Village woman spins wool.
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  • Agave plant.
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  • A dirt road switchbacks above a canyon draining into the Amazon.
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  • Unamen Villag near Bolivar, in cloud forests of northern Andes.
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  • PERU. Youngster in Unamen village,  Cordillera Central region of Andes.
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  • Maximilliano, a horseman from Unamen rests in Cordillera Central.
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  • A horseman descends a foggy trail through "halka" grasslands.
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  • Dr. Peter Lerche at ruin, Incapirca.
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  • Homesteaders travel to town from cloud forest of upper Amazon.
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  • Homesteader from Amazon cloud forests enroute to market in Bolivar.
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  • A horseman descends a muddy trail through "halka" grasslands.
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  • A dog watches warily as pack horses wallow in deep mud en route to an Incan burial site in the cloud forests of Peru's Condillera Central.
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  • PERU, Horsemen pull pack animals back onto jungle trail in upper Amazon cloud forests during archaeology expedition to pre-Incan tomb.
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  • Archeologists enroute to pre-Incan tomb through northern cloud forests (Chachapoyan culture).
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  • En route to an Incan burial site, archaeologists hike along the Yonan River in the upper Amazon cloud forests of Peru's Cordillera Central.
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  • Homesteader in cloud forests of upper Amazon.
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  • A homesteader's rooster crows in a deforested Amazon cloud forest.
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  • A rooster patrols its territory on a homestead in the upper Amazon cloud forests of Peru.
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  • Homesteader in cloud forests of upper Amazon repairs fenc.
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  • Climbing lesson for local officials supervising cliffside archaeological project in search of Chachapoyan tombs.
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  • Jungle flies on hand of worker holding lime for coca powder.
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  • Coca lavs & lime container, used for stimulant by workers in highlands.
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  • PERU, Archaeology. Pre-Incan (Chachapoyan) tomb on cliff above Huabayacu River in upper cloud forests of Amazon basin near Leymebamba.
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  • Cloud forest clings to upper Amazon cliffs above Rio Huabayacu.
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  • PERU,  John Catto (MR), hacks through upper Amazon cloud forest enroute to cliff-side Chachapoyan (pre-Incan) tomb above Huabayacu River.
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  • Fog hangs above a cloud forest in the upper Amazon Basin.
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  • PERU.  John Catto (MR), hacks through upper Amazon cloud forest enroute to pre-Incan tomb above Rio Huabayacu.
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  • Dr. Peter Lerche hacks through upper Amazon cloud forest enroute to pre-Incan tomb.
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  • Dr. Peter Lerche examines rare unlooted pre-Incan tomb near Huabayacu River.
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  • PERUVIAN ARCHAEOLOGY. Dr. Peter Lerche (MR) examines rare unlooted pre-Incan (Chachapoyan) tomb on cliff in upper Amazon cloud forests. Object in door is a mummy bundle.
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  • An archaeologist climbs up to a rare unlooted pre-Incan tomb.
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  • Dr. Peter Lerche examines rare unlooted pre-Incan tomb near Huabayacu River.
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  • PERUVIAN ARCHAEOLOGY. Dr. Peter Lerche (MR) examines rare unlooted pre-Incan (Chachapoyan) tomb on cliff in upper Amazonian cloud forests. Inside are mummy bundles & artifacts.
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  • An ancient Chachapoyan mummy lies by a cliffside tomb door.
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  • Homesteader Hernan Borges in cloud forest of Huabayacu River, upper Amazon.
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  • Amazonian homesteader Hernan Borges examines grinding stone in pre-Incan city lost in Peruvian cloud forest.
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  • Gordon Wiltsie stands beside an ancient temple built in a Chachapoyan (pre-Inca) ceremonial site that he and archaeologist Dr. Peter Lerche found lost in the upper Amazon cloud forests of Peru's Cordillera Central.
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  • PERU. PERUVIAN ARCHAEOLOGY. Pre-Incan (Chachapoyan) "nail stone" sculpture at previously undiscovered city in the upper Amazon cloud forests. (Found in 1999).
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  • PERU. Dr. Peter Lerche (MR) examines Chachapoyan (pre-Incan) artifact at previously undiscovered site in Peruvian cloud forest above Rio Huabayacu.
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  • Cloud forests above Rio Huabayacu, burned for cattle grazing.
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  • PERU, Yonan River in cloud forests of upper Amazon.
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  • PERU,  Maximilliano, a  homesteader from the cloud forests of the upper Amazon Basin.
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  • PERUVIAN ARCHAEOLOGY.  Horse pack train on ancient Inca Trail passes through "halca" grasslands above Unamen village in Peru's Cordillera Central, in upper Amazon headwaters. (Andes Mountains)
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