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Excavated administratives

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Administratives5 Ancient cities5 Casmas1

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🇵🇪Peru4 🇸🇩Sudan1

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🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city

Sanam — Kushite Administrative Centre opposite Barkal

Napatan (750–600 BCE) and Meroitic later · Kushite Napatan trade centre

Sanam excavated by Griffith 1923, Napatan treasury town opposite Barkal sacred mountain.

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Farfan — Chimú Administrative Palace Northern Frontier Jequetepeque

Chimú (1200–1470) before Inca 1470 remodel Inca-Chimú style palace hybrid · Chimú → Inca hybrid 1470 Inca administrative refacing

Farfan Mackey & Klymyshyn 1970s Chimu north palaces with Inca hybrid.