![]() ![]() The researcher concluded that the vessels were most probably deposited when the stone gallery, “the oldest known to date,” was closed around 3,000 years ago. The gallery wasn’t ever used for day-to-day uses, and it was “purely ceremonial,” added Rick. ( Antamina ) Putting Chavín de Huántar into ContextĪrchaeologist John Rick has theorized that the two ritual bowls were votive offerings accompanying the death of an important person in the community. The ceremonial gallery discovered at Chavín de Huántar in Peru. Thus, the sacred vessel has been named “the Condor Pot.” A second simpler stone vessel was also discovered in the so-called Condor Gallery. Measuring 30 centimeters (11.81 inches) in diameter by 25 centimeters (9.84 inches) in height, the recently discovered Condor vessel features the head of an Andean condor on one side and its tail on the opposite. It was a finely-sculptured ceremonial stone bowl weighing 17 kilograms (37.47 lbs). The bold explorer of ancient worlds slowly approached the singular artifact at the center of the room. According to a report in Antinima, archaeologist and project director John Rick crawled through a “40 centimeter diameter tunnel” in May 2022 that led him into the heart of the hidden gallery. The remote-controlled device delivered exciting pictures of a lost room, dubbed “a gallery,” with an unidentifiable artifact at its center. In 2019 a tiny “robotic archaeologist” equipped with a camera trundled into the unexplored hidden space in one of the main buildings at Chavín. ![]() ( Andina ) Using Robotics to Support Archaeological Excavation ![]() The site is believed to represent “the oldest structure known to date at Chavín de Huántar,” announced Antamina, a mining company who financed the explorations.Ī Chavin Rover robot archaeologist at work in the Chavín de Huántar temple in Peru. The Cult Centre and Underground World of Chavín de HuántarĪ team of researchers from the Chavín de Huántar Archaeological Research and Conservation Program at Stanford University have announced the discovery of a 3,000 year old ceremonial gallery, containing two ritualistic ceramic bowls. ![]()
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