Kuélap's outer walls stretch 600 meters, enclosing an artificial platform up to 19m high and 150m wide, requiring more material than the Great Pyramid of Giza! The site holds around 400 structures, plus the mysterious Tintero, a bulging 5m cylindrical structure possibly used for rituals or astronomy. The largest ancient settlement in the region.
Kuélap: massive walled settlement with 600-meter walls and 400 structures
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- Kuélap's outer walls run 600 meters and enclose an artificial platform up to 19m high and 150m wide
- The platform required more material than the Great Pyramid of Giza
- The site contains approximately 400 structures on its platforms
- The Tintero (Inkwell), a 5m high and 13m wide cylindrical structure, may have had ritual or astronomical functions; it bulges due to centuries of waterlogging
- Recent restoration occurred after a section of the south wall collapsed
- Kuélap is considered the largest known ancient settlement in the Chachapoya region
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