Archaeology
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Caral City
About 180 km north of Lima, in the desert of the Supe Valley, lies Caral, the center of the oldest known civilization in the Americas. Its pyramids were built around 3,000 BC, at the same time as the first cities of Egypt and Mesopotamia, and more than a thousand years before the Olmecs in Mexico.…
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Huaca Huallamarca
Among the elegant residences of San Isidro rises Huaca Huallamarca, a stepped adobe pyramid that locals once nicknamed Pan de Azúcar (Sugar Loaf) for its shape. It is one of the best-preserved pre-Hispanic monuments in the city and a quiet stop away from the crowds. History The pyramid was built in the first centuries of…
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Huaca Pucllana
In the middle of Miraflores, surrounded by modern buildings, stands Huaca Pucllana, a great adobe pyramid built by the Lima culture between approximately 200 and 700 AD. It is one of the most surprising sights in the city: a 1,500-year-old ceremonial center just a few blocks from Parque Kennedy. A ceremonial center Huaca Pucllana was…
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Pachacamac
Pachacamac was one of the most important religious centers of ancient Peru. Located about 30 km south of Lima’s Historic Center, in the Lurín Valley, it was a place of pilgrimage for more than a thousand years, from the Lima culture to the Incas. The oracle of Pachacamac The name Pachacamac means “the one who…
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Cultures of Lima
Long before the Spanish founded the City of Kings in 1535, the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers were home to some of the most important civilizations of ancient Peru. Their temples, pyramids and cemeteries can still be visited today, often in the middle of the modern city. The first inhabitants The first…