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Pyramids tagged “ecuador”

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🇪🇨 Ecuador · Pyramid

Cochasquí

Integration–Late Period (Carchi–Quitu-Cara–Inca) · Quitu-Cara (Ecuadorian Highlands) with Inca overlay

Equatorial ramp pyramids (1250–1500 CE) at 3,040 m — 15 truncated pyramids with 200-m ramps to Cayambe.

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🇪🇨 Ecuador · Pyramid

Cochasquí Pyramids

Quitu-Cara / Integration Period · Caranqui / Quitu

15 earthen truncated pyramids with ramps, 10–20 m high, built by Quitu-Cara (Caranqui) people astride equatorial line, aligning to volcanoes Cayambe and Cotacachi with solar/astronomical purpose.