Man-Made Monument or Natural Phenomenon? Sacred Face of the Harakbut Declared Cultural Heritage of Peru

The mysterious ‘Face of Harakbut’ was recently rediscovered in the Amazon rainforest. Now, it has been declared as part of Peru’s national cultural heritage.

What you see on the photo above is what some Harakbut indigenous people call the ‘Rostro Harakbut’ – the ‘Harakbut Face.’ It is located in the Harakbut reserve, in a super-remote part of the south-east Peruvian Amazon. Its discovery in 2014 has aroused widespread curiosity, but it still has not been studied in depth. So, it’s still full of puzzles, the most important question being: Is it a man-made monument or a natural phenomenon?