Must See Archaeological Sites in Peru
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Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a 2,430-meter mountain ridge.
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Pucllana
Huaca Pucllana or Huaca Juliana is a great adobe and clay pyramid located in the Miraflores district of central Lima, Peru, built from…
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Moray Ruins
Moray is an archaeological site in Peru approximately 50 kilometres northwest of Cuzco on a high plateau at about 3,500 metres and just…
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Qoricancha Site Museum
Coricancha, Curicancha, Koricancha, Qoricancha or Qorikancha was the most important temple in the Inca Empire, and was described by early…
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Tambomachay
Tambomachay is an archaeological site associated with the Inca Empire, located near Cusco, Peru.
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Nazca Lines
The Nazca Lines are a group of geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru.
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Huallamarca
Huaca Huallamarca also known as Huaca Pan de Azúcar, is an archaeological site in Peru.
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Q'enko Archaeological Site
Q'enqo, Qenko, Kenko, or Quenco is an archaeological site in the Sacred Valley of Peru located in the Cusco Region, Cusco Province, Cusco…
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El Candelabro de Paraca
The Paracas Candelabra, also called the Candelabra of the Andes, or El Candelabro, is a well-known prehistoric geoglyph found on the…
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Chauchilla Cemetery
Chauchilla Cemetery is a cemetery that contains prehispanic mummified human remains and archeological artifacts, located 30 kilometres…
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Caral
The Sacred City of Caral-Supe, or simply Caral, is an archaeological site in Peru where the remains of the main city of the Caral…
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Caral
The Sacred City of Caral-Supe, or simply Caral, is an archaeological site in Peru where the remains of the main city of the Caral…
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Caral
The 'Sacred City of Caral-Supe' or simply 'Caral,' is an archaeological site where the remains of the main city of the Caral civilization…
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Kuelap
Kuélap or Cuélap is a walled settlement located in the mountains near the towns of María and Tingo, in the southern part of the region of…
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Sarcophagi of Carajía
The Sarcophagi of Carajía are unusually large pre-Inca Chachapoyas culture sarcophagi at the archaeological site of Carajía in the…
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Túcume
Túcume is a pre-Hispanic site in Peru, south of the La Leche River on a plain around La Raya Mountain.
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Huaca Rajada
Huaca Rajada, also known as Sipán, is a Moche archaeological site in northern Peru in the Lambayeque Valley, that is famous for the tomb of…
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Chan Chan
Chan Chan, sometimes itself called Chimor, was the capital city of the Chimor kingdom.
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El Brujo
Located in the Chicama Valley, the El Brujo Archaeological Complex, just north of Trujillo, La Libertad Province, Peru, is an ancient…
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