The archaeological site of Chavin de Huantar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is seen about 155 miles (250 km) north of Lima on July 18, 2008. (Credits: Reuters)
According to John Rick, an archaeologist at Stanford University who was involved in the excavation, the passageways were found earlier in May and are believed to have been built earlier than the temple’s labyrinthine galleries.
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A team of archaeologists has discovered a network of passageways beneath a more than 3,000-year-old temple in the Peruvian Andes. The Chavin de Huantar Temple, located in the north-central Andes, was once a religious and administrative center for the people of the entire region. According to John Rick, an archaeologist at Stanford University who was involved in the excavation, the passageways were found earlier in May and are believed to have been built earlier than the temple’s labyrinthine galleries. Situated at 3,200 meters above sea level, years of excavation have found at least 35 underground passages, all of which interconnect and were built in the foothills of the Andes between 1,200 and 200 BC.
“It’s a route, but it’s very different. It’s a different form of construction. It has features from an earlier period that we’ve never seen in a route,” Rick said.
Chavin de Huantar, declared a World The heritage site was the inspiration and name of the operation in 1985, when the Peruvian Armed Forces built a network of tunnels at the residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima to rescue 72 people taken hostage by the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) rebel group was. 1997.
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