Location

Karijia is an Archaeological site in the Utcubamba Valley,located 48 km in the northeast of the city of Chachapoyas

Chachapoyas

Chachapoyas may refer to:* Chachapoyas culture, existed until the 15th century in the highlands in northern Peru* Chachapoyas city, the capital of the province with the same name and the Amazonas Region* Chachapoyas Province, Amazonas Region, Peru...

 in the province of Luya region of Amazonas,in the nation of Peru

Peru

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,where 8 mummies were discovered on the cliffside of a mountain in 1983..

Description

The (originally 8) now 7 Sarcophagi are large statues

Statues

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 painted white with red bird like color decorations special sacred

Sacred

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 symbols.The most prominent feature of the face are its large chins.
They belong to the Chachapoya culture which date between A.D 1100 and 1300.
They are known to the locals as the wisemen.
Inside the Sarcophagi is a seated Skeleton

Skeleton

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 with a few pottery pots and other presious belongings.
The Sarcophagi are made of large reeds and mud plaster then sculptured

Sculptured

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 into large statues of sacred giant like men.
In an Earthquake

Earthquake

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that happened 1970's one of the statues fell of the cliff.