National Archeological Park of Tierradentro

It's very curious to see how different can tombs be from place to place, from era to era, from one civilization to another civilization

National Park of Tierradentro 

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Tierradentro is a National archeological park in the jurisdiction of the municipality of Inza, Departmentof Cauca, Colombia. The park is located 100 km away from the capital of the Department, Popayán.

The area is very well known for its pre-Columbian hypogea, which were found in several excavations, and are divided in many archeological places. some of them are: Alto del Aguacate (Avocado Hill), Alto de San Andrés, Alto de Segovia, Alto del Duende and El Tablón.

The pre-Columbian culture that created this funeral complex inhabited this area during the first millennium A.C. Tierradentro Archaeological park features hypogea dating from 6th to 9th centuries AD. The details in the sculptures and pictoric patterns are similar to the San Agustín culture. - in: wikipedia