🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Viracochapampa
Middle Horizon (c.600–800 CE) · Wari (Huari)
Viracochapampa (Quechua Wiraqucha god + pampa plain) is a vast unfinished Wari grid-city 3.5 km north of Huamachuco in the La Libertad highlands at 3,070 m.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Intipunku Sun Gate — North Approach (Machu Picchu)
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban; Inca
Intipunku Sun Gate — North Approach (Machu Picchu) in Cusco, Machu Picchu, Intipunku, Peru is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attr…
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Oven Cluster West — Coastal Peru (Lima)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Oven Cluster West in Coastal Peru, Peru is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Áspero Archaeological Site (Fishing Town of Caral)
Late Archaic 3000–2500 BCE · Norte Chico (Caral maritime)
Coastal port six pyramids, fish-for-cotton, 3000–2500 BCE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Choquequirao — Inca Eagle Nest Ridge City
Inca Imperial (1420–1536 CE; Tupac Inca Yupanqui) · Inca (Topa Inca)
Choquequirao explored by Bingham 1909 and García 1993–, llama terraces unique, Apurímac canyon 1500 m drop.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Marcahuamachuco Castillo North Wall
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Marcahuamachuco Castillo North Wall in La Libertad, Marcahuamachuco, Peru is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chan Chan Walled Compound Uhle
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Chan Chan Walled Compound Uhle in La Libertad, Chan Chan, Peru is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Sechin Bajo Plaza Circular
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Sechin Bajo Plaza Circular in Ancash, Sechín Bajo, Peru is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Galindo Moche–Wari Center
Middle Horizon transition (Moche V – Wari 500–850 CE) · Moche V → Wari (Huari) intrusion
Eclipsed late Moche administrative city (500–850 CE) 12 km inland from Huacas de Moche (Huaca del Sol/Luna), occupying terraced hill with 3 civic–ceremonial mounds 10–15 m high (Plataforma Principal,…
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Huayna Picchu — North Terrace Ancillary (Cusco, Peru)
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban; Inca
Huayna Picchu — North Terrace Ancillary (Cusco, Peru) in Cusco, Huayna Picchu, Peru is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed …
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Pashash — Recuay Capital
Early Intermediate (400 BCE–600 CE) · Recuay (Pashash)
Pashash — Recuay Capital in Ancash Region, Peru is a Early Intermediate (400 BCE–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Recuay (Pashash).
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Gran Pajatén Archaeological Zone
Chachapoya 800–1532 CE · Chachapoya
Chachapoya cloud-forest citadel slate-mosaic friezes, UNESCO 548.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Bandurria Archaeological Site (Huacho)
Late Archaic 3550–2500 BCE · Norte Chico (Caral)
Caral network city 54 ha 3550–2500 BCE, 10 plazas.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Paramonga Fortress
Chimú – Late Intermediate 1200–1532 CE · Chimú → Inca
Chimú hill-fort four walls, Inca tambo after 1470.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chan Chan
Chimú · Chimú (Chanchan)
Largest adobe city in world: capital of Chimú Kingdom (850–1470) covering 20 km² with 10 walled citadels (ciudadelas) with friezes of pelicans and lattice, reservoirs, adobe walls.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Conchopata
Middle Horizon (c.600–800 CE) Wari Empire · Wari (Huari)
Conchopata, 9 km northeast of Ayacucho city at 2,800 m, is the celebrated Wari satellite city where William Isbell and Anita Cook uncovered the empire's face-neck jar cult.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Huaycán de Pariachi
Late Intermediate – Late Horizon (c.900–1532 CE) Ychsma – Inca · Ychsma – Inca (Ichma)
Huaycán de Pariachi dominates an alluvial wedge above the lower Rímac at Ate, east Lima. As the largest Ychsma center on the central coast before Pachacamac's Inca remodelling, its monumental core…
🇵🇪 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…
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Choqepukio
Early Intermediate – Late Horizon (c.200 BCE–1532 CE, Wari peak 600–1000 CE) · Wari – Qotakalli – Inca
Choqepukio occupies the flat valley floor at the Huacarpay lagunas gateway to the Cusco Basin, 21 km southeast of Cusco.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Pampa de las Llamas — Moxeke Pyramid (Santa Valley)
Initial Period (Moxeke–Casma) · Moxeke / Casma (Initial Period)
Initial Period 1800 BCE twin pyramid city at Moxeke — 160×170 m 30 m pyramid facing Huaca A across plaza, largest Santa Valley centre contemporary with Sechín.
🇵🇪 Peru · Fortress
Acaray Fortress
Late Intermediate – Late Horizon (c.900–1470 CE) Huaura – Chancay – Inca · Huaura – Chancay (Coastal)
Acaray (often misattributed as 'Inca fortress') crowns a tabular hill 6 km inland in the lower Huaura Valley, Lima, at 250 m.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Sillustani Chullpa Lizard Carved
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Sillustani Chullpa Lizard Carved in Puno, Sillustani, Peru is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chavín de Huantar Lanzón Gallery
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Chavín de Huantar Lanzón Gallery in Ancash, Chavín, Peru is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.