Honanki Cliff Dwellings - Sedona Area

While in Sedona we also took another off-road trip to some more ancient Cliff Dwellings.  These ruins were last lived in about 800 years ago by the Sinagua Indians. Some of the pictographs and petroglyphs there are estimated to be about 10,000 years old. Although these ruins are available to anyone, you should have at least a high clearance vehicle to safely get to them. Once there, you can walk right up them. Look but don't touch.

The trail leading up to these isolated ruins was created and maintained by Pink Jeep Co.

I looked in the little window and was totally amazed to find one of the original ladders still in place.

The trail allows you to walk directly up to the ruins. It's totally run on the honor system.  You can see the trail on the right hand side of the photo.

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We were told that some of these symbols are also found in ancient Chinese ruins. Food for thought...

Amazing stuff.

It was pretty awe inspiring to be see things made by another person 10,000 years ago.  Being able to walk right into the ruins made it much easier to imagine what life must have been like back then. It must have been very difficult.

tomorrow some pics and info from the largest "ghost town" in the U.S.

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