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Face and figures on the wall of a tomb at Alto de Segovia

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The best preserved underground tombs can be found a twenty minutes uphill walk from the museum. The decorations of the tombs at Alto de Segovia are impressive.
Some had walls that were painted completely, while others were mostly white, with lines on the ceiling, and decorations mainly on the columns. The tombs, or hypogeums, were similar in that they almost all have two freestanding columns in the central area, while the walls have more columns jutting out from the wall. The rooms between these columns were used to place the urns with the remains of the deceased, as well as jewelry. Obviously, the riches of these tombs had been taken by tomb-raiders a long time ago, some of the urns can be found in the museum. But the tombs are rich in themselves: their beauty is amazing and a sign that the early civilization who made them, the Chibcha, were masters at painting. When we finally left the Alto de Segovia, we were deeply impressed.
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