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Colombia - San Agustin Archaeological Site

San Agustín Archaeological Park is an archaeological site in San Agustín, Huila, Colombia. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The site contains the largest collection of religious monuments and megalithic sculptures in Latin America and is considered the world's largest necropolis. The origin of the carvers remains a mystery, as most of the site is unexcavated, and no writings have been discovered yet. Some archeologists estimate a carving date of the 6th century B.C., while others believe that they were erected just prior to the Spanish Conquest. Several of the statues are of animals such as gorillas or African elephants and others wear turbans. The statues vary in height, the tallest being 7.0 meters. They are suspected to be funeral statuary. In other regions of the archaeological site where large burial mounds are located, you will see more intimidating figures such as snakes, frogs, and birds strategically place to stand guard for increased protecting during the afterlife. Statues of deities or carving on the ground, of both solar gods, males, and lunar gods, females. Theses figures and statues provide researchers with a little insight to what this civilization thoughts and perception of life and death are. [Wikipedia] We visited Colombia on our overland trip from the Netherlands to South Africa and South America; see our playlist    • Europe, Middle East, Africa Overland 2013-...  . The following royalty free background music was used: • E Minor Prelude from the Youtube Audio Library Lord when I think - Jon Sayles (http://www.jsayles.com) This video is featured on travopo.com.