Northernmost major Wari provincial center (600–700 CE, abortive) on Cajabamba road 10 km N of Huamachuco at 3100 m: orthogonal Wari cellular town plan 400×500 m with D-shaped temple, plaza, barracks…

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Incahuasi de Lunahuaná (Cañete)

Late Horizon Inca Imperial (1480–1536 CE) · Inca (Topa Inca Yupanqui – Wanka campaign)

Planned Inca city founded by Topa Inca Yupanqui c.1480 to replicate Cusco as headquarters for conquering Guarco (Huarcu) kingdom of Cañete valley: full Qorikancha-like Temple of the Sun with…

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Yalape Chachapoya Fortress

Late Intermediate – Late Horizon (900–1536 CE) · Chachapoya (Levanto) → Inca (mitma gate)

Hilltop Chachapoya fortress-village (900–1470 CE, Inca-enhanced 1470–1530) 26 km SW of Chachapoyas city: D-shaped 4 ha walled enclosure 3–5 m high following limestone ridge, enclosing 40+ circular…

🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid

Huaca Soledad (Casma Valley) Pyramid Mound

Initial Period (Casma–Sechín culture) · Sechín / Casma (Initial Period)

Casma-Sechín satellite pyramid at Huaca Soledad — 35 m platform pyramid 8 m high c.1600 BCE, part of Sechín Alto 300 m cluster.

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Galindo

Late Moche (600 – 800 CE) · Moche (Late Moche)

Galindo in La Libertad, Peru is a Late Moche (600 – 800 CE) ancient city attributed to Moche (Late Moche) culture.

🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid

Huaca Montegrande (Jaén)

Late Preceramic–Initial Period 3000–2500 BCE · Marañón Amazon-Andes (Jaén pre-Carral)

5300-year spiral temple in Amazonian Jaén with world's oldest cacao 5300 BP and Maltese cross hearth.

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Vitcos-Rosaspata

Late Horizon Inca Resistance 1536–1572 · Inca (Neo-Inca State)

Inca Vilcabamba resistance capital: Rosaspata palace, Yurak Rumi 2.5 m white shrine and Ñusta Hispana.

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Huchuy Qosqo

Early Late Horizon 1420–1438 CE (pre-Pachacuti) · Inca (pre-imperial)

Wiraqocha's 3600 m royal estate above Sacred Valley with 40 m Kallanka, terraces and reservoir 23 m.

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Alignment-Brancaster Ancient City

Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age

Alignment-Brancaster Ancient City in Ancash, Peru is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Ancient City of Hunstanton Plateau

Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon

Ancient City of Hunstanton Plateau in Ancash, Peru is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) ancient city attributed to Jōmon culture.

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Pueblo de los Muertos

Late Intermediate 1100–1470 CE Chachapoya cliff-house · Chachapoyas

Most dramatic Chachapoyas cliff village: 30 structures (houses and mausoleums) fused to vertical sandstone wall via timber beams slotted into cliff, accessed via rope ladders 200 m above cloud forest…

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Castillo de Huarmey? Actually Castillo Huarmey — Huarmey Wari Port

Middle Horizon Wari (600–800 CE) coastal · Wari

Castillo de Huarmey? Actually Castillo Huarmey — Huarmey Wari Port in Ancash Region (coastal), Peru is a Middle Horizon Wari (600–800 CE) coastal ancient-city attributed to Wari.

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Yalape South Annex

Late Intermediate Chachapoya 1100–1470 CE · Chachapoyas

Secondary terraced annex of Yalape fortress-city perched above Utcubamba 15 km south of Chachapoyas town: 40 circular houses with trapezoidal niches on terraces stepping down 60 m vertical, defensive…

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Cerro Sechín Relief Wall — North Coast (Trujillo)

Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval

Cerro Sechín Relief Wall in North Coast, Peru is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient city attributed to Medieval culture.

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Gran Pajatén — Chachapoya Mosaic Round Houses

Chachapoya late (1300–1470 CE) · Chachapoya later Inca fringe

Abiseo Gran Pajatén discovered by Savoy 1963, excavated 1985, mosaic fretwork with human heads, UNESCO 1990 Rio Abiseo.

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Galindo — Late Moche Coastal Enclave Post-Moche Transition

Late Moche / Transitional (600–800 CE) to Wari influence · Late Moche → Wari (transitional Moche V to coastal Wari)

Moche transition Galindo excavated by Bawden 1980s, Wari presence after Moche southern collapse.

🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith

Castillo de Huarmey — Wari Imperial Mausoleum

Wari Middle Horizon 600–1000 CE · Wari (Huari imperial)

Wari mausoleum 64 tombs gold queens 600–800 CE, intact 2012.

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Wari — Capilla Pata Central City Sector

Middle Horizon Wari Empire (600–1000 CE) capital Wari · Wari (Huari) imperial

Ayacucho Wari excavated by Lumbreras & Isbell 1970s–, first Andean orthogonal city before Inca.

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Pikillaqta

Classic · Maya/Andean

Pikillaqta — Wari grid city 50 ha.

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 135

Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu

Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 135 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 143

Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu

Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 143 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 161

Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu

Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 161 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 175

Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu

Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 175 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.

Peru

Kinds found here

How well established

Top regions

Category

Heritage

Excavation

Tags

224 places · page 5 of 10

Wiracochapampa

Wiracochapampa – Northern Wari Fortress

Incahuasi de Lunahuaná (Cañete)

Yalape Chachapoya Fortress

Huaca Soledad (Casma Valley) Pyramid Mound

Galindo

Huaca Montegrande (Jaén)

Vitcos-Rosaspata

Huchuy Qosqo

Alignment-Brancaster Ancient City

Ancient City of Hunstanton Plateau

Pueblo de los Muertos

Castillo de Huarmey? Actually Castillo Huarmey — Huarmey Wari Port

Yalape South Annex

Cerro Sechín Relief Wall — North Coast (Trujillo)

Gran Pajatén — Chachapoya Mosaic Round Houses

Galindo — Late Moche Coastal Enclave Post-Moche Transition

Castillo de Huarmey — Wari Imperial Mausoleum

Wari — Capilla Pata Central City Sector

Pikillaqta

Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 135

Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 143

Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 161

Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 175

Search Mysteria

Kinds found here

How well established

Top regions

Category

Heritage

Excavation

Tags

224 places · page 5 of 10