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    Chavín de Huántar is an archaeological site in Peru, containing ruins and artifacts constructed as early as 1200 BC, and occupied until around 400–500...
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    Operation Chavín de Huántar was a military operation in which a team of 142 commandos of the Peruvian Armed Forces ended the 1997 Japanese embassy hostage...
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    site for the Chavín culture is Chavín de Huántar, located in the Andean highlands of the present-day Ancash Region. Although Chavín de Huántar may or may...
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    Chavín de Huántar District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari Province in Peru. The Cordillera Blanca traverses the western part of the district...
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    Country - Social Integration Party. In 1997, Williams led Operation Chavín de Huántar, a military operation that successfully ended the Japanese embassy...
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  • chavin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chavin may refer to: Chavín de Huantar, an archaeological site in Peru built by the Chavín culture Chavín District...
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    dramatic raid on the residence. At 15:23:00 that afternoon, Operation Chavín de Huántar began. Three explosive charges exploded almost simultaneously in three...
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    archaeologist Julio C. Tello at the Chavín culture site of Chavín de Huántar. Construction of Chavín de Huántar began around 1200 BCE and the site continued...
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    Raimondi Stele (category Chavin culture)
    significant piece of art of the Chavín culture of the central Andes in present-day Peru. The Chavín were named after Chavín de Huantar, the main structure found...
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  • sometimes known by the nom de guerre "Evaristo". He was killed by Peruvian government forces during Operation Chavín de Huántar in 1997. Cerpa was born in...
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  • attributes of Chavín de Huantar. They identified within the site held the same resonance produced by pututu shells (also used as instruments in the Chavín culture)...
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    have a very long history. Archeologists found them, for example, at Chavín de Huántar site in Peru (presumably used for consumption of psychoactive preparations...
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    Stela of the cactus bearer (category Chavin culture)
    plaza at the archaeological site known as the ceremonial center of Chavín de Huántar in the Ancash region of Peru. It was discovered during the 1972 excavation...
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    Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-09. "Chavín de Huántar, Peru – A Pre-Columbian World Heritage Treasure". Global Heritage...
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    forces recaptured the embassy in a military action called Operation Chavín de Huántar, which allowed the release of the hostages with the exception of Carlos...
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    The Pyramids of Egypt 1986/1947 p. 269-273 Archeology magazine Jan/Feb 2008 p. 40-45 The Early Ceremonial Center of Chavín de Huántar, Berger p. 130...
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    declines, and the Maya and Zapotec civilizations emerge in Mesoamerica. The Chavín culture flourishes in Peru. The first millennium BC is the formative period...
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    societies that elude definition as states, such as the Olmec and Chavín de Huántar, as well as the Inca, China in the Shang dynasty, the Maya Civilization...
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    of Ayacucho prison 1992 1992 Peruvian coup d'état 1997 Operation Chavín de Huántar 2016 Hatun Asha ambush 1995 Cenepa war 2009 2009 Peruvian political...
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    PMID 14500979. S2CID 7962308. "Chavín de Huántar Information". Archived from the original on 2018-01-11. Retrieved 2018-01-13. "Chavin Civilization". World History...
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  • a Serbian War criminal. Japanese embassy hostage crisis Operation Chavín de Huántar, 22 April 1997, supplemented Peruvian Army operation. Sierra Leone...
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    Operation Chavín de Huántar operatives "PRESIDENTE DE LA REPÚBLICA ENCABEZÓ LA CEREMONIA POR XX ANIVERSARIO DE LA OPERACIÓN CHAVÍN DE HUÁNTAR". Flickr...
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    Huanca (monolith) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Ernst Wilhelm Middendorf [de] who picked up the name huanca for perhaps the most important element of the Chavín de Huántar ceremonial center when he...
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    española y del Poder Pontificio, el 3 de julio de 1677 el obispo de la Diócesis de Huamanga, don Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora, fundó la 'Universitas...
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    National Institutes of Health. November 21, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2024. DePillis, Lydia (March 10, 2015). "Companies drug test a lot less than they used...
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    lightning. Huari was represented in the Lanzon, which is located within Chavín de Huántar. This monolith would continue to be worshiped by the Huari ethnic...
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    archeology and served as its first director. In addition, he investigated Chavín de Huantar as the focus for his work in the Andean highlands, which he believed...
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    prominently in the art of the pre-Incan Chavín culture, as can be seen at the type-site of Chavín de Huántar in Peru. In Chile the Mapuche mythology featured...
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    Highlights include the Raimondi Stele and the Tello Obelisk from Chavín de Huantar, and an impressive scale model of the Incan citadel, Machu Picchu...
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    of the Cordillera Blanca, one can visit archaeological sites like Chavín de Huantar and the eastern highlands of Ancash, known as Conchucos. The name...
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