File:Ingapirca Canari structures.jpg
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Ingapirca, Ecuador, Caħari ruins: astrononical stone (left), tomb (right) and reconstructed house (background). The top of the huanca is carved in such a way, that on June 21st ('winter' solstice), the shadows formed when the sun directly hits the stone, are in the shape of a puma, condor and snake, which were sacred animals to the Cañaris
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