I've visited several other Anasazi ruins in the Southwest. There is a haunting quality to them, the way they fit into that spectacular landscape. You keep expecting a ghost to come through those ancient doorways. Or to catch a glimpse of them leaning out a window, staring at you across the centuries.
I've never been to Central America, Egypt or the Classical Med, so I've never seen ruins anywhere but the American Southwest, but there is something really spooky about these ruins. People used to live there, live ordinary lives in ancient evenings. When you're there the feeeling they are looking over your shoulder is inescapable, as if at any moment you will round a corner and find yourself face to face with someone who belongs there.
It's not scary, or uncomfortable, but you feel that they just left moments ago, and at any moment could come back.
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I've always wanted to visit Chaco Canyon, but never made it that far.
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