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Ancient cities in Peru matching “Peru, Ancash” · Mysteria

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Ancient cities in Peru matching “Peru, Ancash”

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🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Manchan

Classic · Maya/Andean

Manchan — Casma capital 60 ha.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Pampa de las Llamas

Classic · Maya/Andean

Pampa de las Llamas — 700 collcas storage city.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Fortress

Pashash

Early Intermediate – Middle Horizon (c.200 BCE–800 CE) Recuay – Wari · Recuay (Pashash) – Wari

Pashash crowns a defensible mesa above Cabana in the northern Callejón, Ancash, at 3,225 m. As the,type-capital of the Recuay-Pashash culture (200 BCE–800 CE), its stone palace-fortress encloses…

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🇵🇪 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.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid

Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke — Second Platform

Initial Period Casma-Sechín 1800–900 BCE · Casma/Sechín (Moxeke–Pampa de las Llamas polity)

Second platform of earliest planned city in Peru: 30 m Moxeke pyramid with warrior friezes over 200 compounds grid.