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    Chavín de Huántar is an archaeological site in Peru, containing ruins and artifacts constructed as early as 1200 BC, and occupied until around 400–500...
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    Operation Chavín de Huántar was a military operation in which a team of 142 commandos of the Peruvian Armed Forces ended the 1997 Japanese embassy hostage...
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    site for the Chavín culture is Chavín de Huántar, located in the Andean highlands of the present-day Ancash Region. Although Chavín de Huántar may or may...
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    Counterterrorist Company "Chavín de Huántar" No. 61, commonly known as Chavín de Huántar Command (Spanish: Comando Chavín de Huántar), is the elite unit of...
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    Country - Social Integration Party. In 1997, Williams led Operation Chavín de Huántar, a military operation that successfully ended the Japanese embassy...
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    Chavín de Huántar District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari Province in Peru. The Cordillera Blanca traverses the western part of the district...
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  • chavin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chavin may refer to: Chavín de Huantar, an archaeological site in Peru built by the Chavín culture Chavín District...
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    dramatic raid on the residence. At 15:23:00 that afternoon, Operation Chavín de Huántar began. Three explosive charges exploded almost simultaneously in three...
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    Stela of the cactus bearer (category Chavin culture)
    plaza at the archaeological site known as the ceremonial center of Chavín de Huántar in the Ancash region of Peru. It was discovered during the 1972 excavation...
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  • attributes of Chavín de Huantar. They identified within the site held the same resonance produced by pututu shells (also used as instruments in the Chavín culture)...
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