🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Intikancha (Puno)
Intikancha (Quechua inti sun, kancha enclosure, enclosed place, yard, a frame, or wall that encloses, "sun yard", Hispanicized spelling Inticancha) is a mountain with an archaeological site of the…
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🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Intikancha (Quechua inti sun, kancha enclosure, enclosed place, yard, a frame, or wall that encloses, "sun yard", Hispanicized spelling Inticancha) is a mountain with an archaeological site of the…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Middle Sicán to Chimú 700–1375 CE · Sicán (Lambayeque) then Chimú
Golden Priestess tomb within twin truncated pyramids, 700–1375 CE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Isog (possibly from Quechua isu skin sickness caused by a certain mite (mange), -q a suffix) is an archaeological site in Peru.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Late Intermediate to Late Horizon Lima Ychsma–Inca 1200–1532 · Ychsma–Inca
Tapia palace with 1,000-burial cemetery, 1200–1532 CE Lima–Inca.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Late Horizon Chachapoya-Inca 1470–1532 CE · Chachapoya–Inca
219-mummy cliff mausoleum over alpine lake, 1470–1532 Chachapoya-Inca.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Hatun Misapata or Misapata (Quechua hatun big, misa table, pata elevated place; above, at the top; edge, bank, shore, also spelled Qatun Mesapata or Mesapata) is an archaeological site in the…
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Late Intermediate Chachapoya 1100–1470 CE · Chachapoya
Red-painted cliff chullpa houses 4–5 m tall, 1100–1470 CE Chachapoya.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Paracas to Early Nazca ~800 BCE–400 CE · Paracas–Nazca
Nazca-basin boulder petroglyphs bridging Paracas trophy-head art to Nazca geoglyphs.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
The Inca complex at Pisac is a large Incan complex of agricultural terraces, residences, guard posts, watchtowers and a ceremonial/religious centre located along a mountain ridge above the modern…
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Moche 100–800 CE; Wari continuation · Moche (La Libertad)
Moche Canal System – north coast Peru Moche Valley hydraulic (100–800 CE): 30 km intervalley canals (La Cumbre, Ascope) diverting Moche River to arid Chicama, puquios spiral-wells tapping aquifer…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical
Torana Gateway Relief North in Cusco, Peru is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Classical culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Late Intermediate Chachapoya 1100–1470 CE · Chachapoya
Ridge-top Chachapoya defensive hill-fort, 1100–1470 CE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Wari Middle Horizon 550–800 CE · Wari (Huari Empire)
50 ha Wari grid city 12 m walls 550–700 CE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Late Intermediate 1000–1470 CE Chachapoya rock art and chullpa-mast tombs · Chachapoyas
High cloud-forest complex at 2950 m southeast of Leimebamba: overhang shelter 30 m long retains 200+ red ochre paintings (anthropomorphs, camelids, geometric) and adjacent rectangular chullpa…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Late Horizon (Inca Imperial, ~1450–1530 CE) · Inca (Quechua)
15th-century Inca citadel perched at 2,430 m on a narrow saddle between Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu peaks above the Urubamba Valley.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inca Imperial 15th century; continued as Neo-Inca stronghold 1537–1572 · Inca
Inca royal estate and ceremonial center in Sacred Valley with unfinished Temple Hill featuring six massive pink rhyolite monoliths (Wall of Six Monoliths) and extensive terraces that doubled as…
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Inca Imperial, 15th century; possibly Killke antecedents · Inca
Cyclopean fortress-temple complex 2 km northwest of Cusco with three zigzagging dry-stone ramparts of limestone blocks up to 120 tonnes and 9 m high, fitted without mortar with sub-millimeter…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inti Watana, Intihuatana or Intiwatana (Quechua) is an archaeological site in Peru. It lies in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Pisac District, located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Písac.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inti Punku or Intipunku (Quechua inti sun, punku door, "sun gate", Hispanicized spellings Intipunco, Intipuncu, Inti Puncu) is an archaeological site in the Cusco Region of Peru that was once a…
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Initial Period to Early Intermediate (Sechin-Recuay) · Casma-Sechin / Recuay
Initial Period desert geoglyphs (1800-1000 BCE) on Casma pampa: feline and anthropomorph lines precursing Nazca.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Early Intermediate to Middle Horizon (Siguas–Nazca–Wari) · Lucanas puna Siguas–Nazca–Wari (Puquio transect)
38 high-puna figures on Chaviña East 3980 m: zoomorphs plus 3.2 km solstice avenues radiating from apacheta to Misti sightline.
