Ancient and mysterious places in Peru

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Wari Pikillaqta Sector 2 Compound 14

Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age

Wari Pikillaqta Sector 2 Compound 14 in Cusco, Pikillaqta, Peru is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.

🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph

Pativilca-Fortaleza Geoglyphs (Paramonga Pampa)

Initial Period to Late Intermediate (Casma-Sechín to Chimú) · Casma-Sechín / Paramonga / Chimú

Inter-valley pampa (380 m) between Río Pativilca and Río Fortaleza, 4 km east of Paramonga fortress, with 26 anthropogenic lines and trapezoids on pale alluvial terrace.

🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph

Chala Pampa Coastal Geoglyphs (Caravelí Coast)

Early Horizon to Early Intermediate (Paracas-Nazca transition) · Huarato / Gramalote coastal

Fog-oasis (lomas) fringe geoglyphs on Chala Pampa (180 m) 6 km inland from Pacific, marking guanaco trap corridors between lomas loma fog-meadows and desert.

🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph

Pampa Colorada Geoglyphs (Caravelí — Ayla Bridge)

Early Intermediate to Middle Horizon (Nazca-Caravelí / Huari) · Nazca-Caravelí desert pampa tradition

Broad, crimson deflation plain (890 m, 15°52′11″S 74°05′23″W per Maplandia 15.8697S 74.0897W) north of the Atico drainage, bearing 30+ linear geoglyphs: 90-310 m cleared lines, 45 m trapezoid, and…

🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph

Moro-Casma Desert Pampa Geoglyphs (Áncash)

Initial Period to Early Horizon (Sechín-Casma) · Sechín / Casma

Arid pampa (210 m, 9°28′48″S 78°18′00″W) between Río Casma and Río Sechín, extension north of known Sechín Bajo pyramid (1800 BCE) pampa lines.

🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid

Sechín Bajo — Ancillary Plaza North (Casma, Norte Chico)

Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom

Sechín Bajo — Ancillary Plaza North (Casma, Norte Chico) in Ancash, Casma, Sechín Bajo, Peru is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed …

🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex

Choquequirao

Inca Imperial 1450–1530 Neo-Inca to 1572 · Inca (Pachacuti? Topa Yupanqui)

Inca cloud-city with white stone llamas paving terraces above Apurimac canyon.

🇵🇪 Peru · Tumulus

Kistvaen Heacham Burial Mound

Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative

Kistvaen Heacham Burial Mound in Ancash, Peru is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) tumulus attributed to Andean Formative culture.

🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art

El Ingenio Petroglyphs

Paracas to Early Nazca ~800 BCE–400 CE · Paracas–Nazca

Nazca-basin boulder petroglyphs bridging Paracas trophy-head art to Nazca geoglyphs.

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Achil Complex

Late Intermediate 1100–1470 CE Chachapoya · Chachapoyas

Remote fortified town on Achil ridge between Utcubamba and Huabayacu tributaries of Marañón: 60 circular houses, watchtower 8 m diameter on ridge apex, and 150 m defensive wall with parapet.

🇵🇪 Peru · Submerged site

Iron Age Submerged City — Huanuco Annex 450

Iron Age · Iron Age

Iron Age submerged-city at Huanuco.

🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art

Classical Rock Art — Huanuco Annex 418

Classical · Classical

Classical rock-art at Huanuco.

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Wari Pikillaqta Sector 2 Compound 14

Chillón-Chancay Valley Geoglyphs

Pativilca-Fortaleza Geoglyphs (Paramonga Pampa)

Chala Pampa Coastal Geoglyphs (Caravelí Coast)

Pampa Colorada Geoglyphs (Caravelí — Ayla Bridge)

Moro-Casma Desert Pampa Geoglyphs (Áncash)

Sechín Bajo — Ancillary Plaza North (Casma, Norte Chico)

Choquequirao

Kistvaen Heacham Burial Mound

El Ingenio Petroglyphs

Achil Complex

Iron Age Submerged City — Huanuco Annex 450

Classical Rock Art — Huanuco Annex 418

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