Do you want to feel like Indiana Jones? He simply enters Colombia, going to Tierradentro. You will be able to set foot in ancient tombs capable of resisting the power of time.
laIsla de Pascua It is famous throughout the world but does not represent the largest concentration of monolithic statues and religious monuments. To witness a truly unique spectacle it is necessary to go to Inland, in Colombia, where it is possible to find yourself surrounded by 162 underground tombs, obtained by excavating the solid volcanic rock. All this corresponds to more than 500 monolithic statues on the surface, which act as burial mounds. These are dispersed over a total area of ââ2 thousand square kilometers, between mountains and plateaus in southern Colombia, surrounding the town of San AgustĂn, in the Valle Magdalena.
traces of one unknown pre-columbian culture, in a place of gigantic dimensions, closed to visitors during 50 years of civil war. Today the danger has passed and the region is safe from guerrilla warfare, which means being able to try your luck in hunting for majestic monuments, sites that are part of the world heritage, protected by UNESCO.
The most impressive and visited site is undoubtedly that of Alto de Segovia. The descent to the underground is impressive, it makes the heart beat but above all it gives that incredible feeling of stepping foot on a page of history. Like a new Indiana Jones, we are faced with gigantic geometric drawings that represent men and animals. An incredible work, with a tomb that, specifically sculpted to give the idea of ââa sloping roof, presents elements of a typically pre-Hispanic wooden house, which aimed to better prepare the deceased for the transition from one existence to another.
Excavations began in the 30s, but archaeologists still have no idea who the inhabitants of these lands were. What remains indicates how their culture flourished wonderfully in first millennium, and then disappears into thin air, without a trace. What we know today allows us to hypothesize its disappearance some 600 years before the arrival of the Spanish, starting in 1530. They were later followed by NASA, an indigenous population that predominantly speaks pay, a Chibcha lingua.
Arriving at these places means finding yourself taking a leap into another era, which in some way has remained intact despite the passage of centuries. A message so strong that it remains intact by the power of time. A funerary cult so deep-rooted that it still fascinates us, that appeals to something deep and rooted within us. Death is not the destination but just another journey that awaits us.
