The Lanzón is a granite stela that is associated with the Chavín culture. It is located in the Old Temple of Chavin de Huantar which rests in the central ...

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The Lanzon itself is a great granite stela at the heart of the temple, standing 15 feet (4.5 m) tall, named for its resemblance to a lance.

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Also known as the Lanzón Stela, the Chavin Sculpture is a 15ft high object that was discovered in the Chavín de Huántar archaeological site in Peru.

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Its top is fitted into a space in the gallery ceiling. Julio C. tello called this sculpture the Lanzon because of its lance-like shape. It has also been ...

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Chavín de Huántar is an archaeological and cultural site in the Andean highlands of Peru. Once thought to be the birthplace of an ancient “mother culture,”

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The lanzon stela is a monumental stone sculpture located at the Chavín de Huantar site in Peru, serving as a central religious icon for the Chavín culture.

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The archaeological site of Chavin gave its name to the culture that developed between 1500 and 300 B.C. in this high valley of the Peruvian Andes.

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El Lanzón, the Great Image, and the Smiling God, is thought to have been the chief object of worship in the original temple.

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The "Lanzón"/"Great Image" of Chavín: reliefcarved granite monolith, approx. 4.5 m high, within its extant cruciform room in the Lanzón Gallery. Photo by José ...

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The Old Temple featured the Lanzón, a 4.5 meter long piece of granite, carved in the form of the most important Chavín deity. The name Lanzón refers to the ...

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