Diamantina is built partly on a steep hillside overlooking a small tributary of the Rio Jequitinhonha (where diamond-washing was once carried on), and partly on the level plain above.
The tombs, which are chambers cut in tiers in the hard clay of the hillside, were used with few exceptions for repeated burials, and the ejected offerings had been scattered down the slope.
Across the creek, on the hillside, two elk grazed contentedly.
As the train continues down the valley, it hugs the steep hillside.
They rode out of the forest on the hillside above the guest house and rested the horses again.