Santuario del Señor de las Peñas

Santuario del Señor de las Peñas
Reyes Etla, Mexico (MX)
What sets this sanctuary apart from similar temples in Oaxaca is that, despite being located in a flat valley, it's surrounded by a few vegetation-covered mounds. These are not natural hills—they're actually unexcavated Zapotec ruins, completely buried and overgrown. It's believed that these people regarded the location as sacred due to a fossilized human footprint, attributed to 1 of the 1st humans to have existed following the Zapotec creation myth.
What sets this sanctuary apart from similar temples in Oaxaca is that, despite being located in a flat valley, it's surrounded by a few vegetation-covered mounds. These are not natural hills—they're actually unexcavated Zapotec ruins, completely buried and overgrown. It's believed that these people regarded the location as sacred due to a fossilized human footprint, attributed to 1 of the 1st humans to have existed following the Zapotec creation myth.
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By: kkeps

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