Sarcophagi of Carajía
The Sarcophagi of Karajía are unusually large pre-Inca Chachapoyas culture sarcophagi at the Karajía Archaeological Monumental Zone in the Utcubamba Valley, located 18 km northwest of the city of Chachapoyas, Peru in Trita District, Luya Province, Amazonas Region.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: cultural heritage site in Peru
- Also known as: “Carajía”, “Karajía”, “Sarcófagos de Sender”, “Sarcophagi of Carajia”, and “Sarcophagi of Karajía”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cruzpata and Lámud.
Lámud
Town
Luya
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Sarcophagi of Carajía
- Categories: archaeological site, sarcophagus, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Amazonas, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-6.16177° or 6° 9′ 42″ south
Longitude
-78.02178° or 78° 1′ 18″ west
Open location code
6753RXQH+77
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Swedish—“Sarcophagi of Carajía” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Carajía”
- Czech: “Karajía”
- Czech: “sarkofágy Karajía”
- Dutch: “Karajia”
- Dutch: “Karajía”
- French: “Carajia”
- French: “sarcophages de Karajia”
- Georgian: “კარახია”
- German: “Carajía”
- German: “Karajia”
- Greek: “Καραχία”
- Italian: “Carajìa”
- Italian: “Karajìa”
- Japanese: “カラヒア”
- Macedonian: “Карахија”
- Portuguese: “Carajía”
- Portuguese: “Karajía”
- Quechua: “Carajía”
- Russian: “Карахиа”
- Spanish: “Carajia”
- Spanish: “Carajía”
- Spanish: “Karajia”
- Spanish: “Karajía”
- Spanish: “Sarcofagos de Carajía”
- Spanish: “Sarcófagos de Carajia”
- Spanish: “Sarcófagos de Carajía”
- Spanish: “Sarcofagos de Karajia”
- Spanish: “Sarcófagos de Karajía”
- Spanish: “Zona arqueológica monumental de Karajía”
- Swedish: “Carajía”
- Swedish: “Karajía”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sarcophagi of Carajía and Museum of Sarcophagus of Karajia.
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