MAUSOLEOS DE REVASH

At an altitude of 2,800 metres, the mausoleums of Revash are a Chachapoyas necropolis. They were collective tombs which occupy natural caves or dug in the rocky wall of an imposing ravine. The Peruvian archaeologist Kauffman Doig sees there replicas of the houses where the inhabitants of the region lived. Painted in red and cream, some have gable roofs, others two levels and windows in the shape of a T, cross or square. Some of the rocks are painted red with circles, flames and other magical symbols.