🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inka Tampu, Vilcabamba
Inka Tampu or Inkatampu (Quechua inka Inca, tampu inn, "Inca inn", Hispanicized and mixed spellings Incatambo, Inkatambo, Inca Tambo) is an archaeological site in Peru.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Hatunmarka
Hatunmarka (Quechua hatun big, marka settlement / storey, "big settlement", hispanicized spelling Hatunmarca, Jatun Malca) is an archaeological site in Peru.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Machu Pitumarka
Machu Pitumarka (hispanicized spelling Machu Pitumarca, Machupitumarca) is an archaeological site with ruins of walls in Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District.
🇵🇪 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.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
La Petaca
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
Inka Tampu, Huayopata
Inka Tampu or Inkatampu (Quechua inka Inca, tampu inn, "Inca inn", Hispanicized and mixed spellings Incatambo, Inkatambo, Inca Tambo) is an archaeological site in Peru.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inka Wasi, Ayacucho
Inka Wasi or Inkawasi (Quechua inka Inca, wasi house, "Inca house", Hispanicized spelling Incahuasi) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Ayacucho Region, Parinacochas Province, Pullo District.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Incahuasi, Lima
Incahuasi or Incawasi (possibly from Quechua inka Inca, wasi house) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Cañete Province, Lunahuaná District.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inca road system
The Inca road system (also spelled Inka road system and in Quechua: Qhapaq Ñan meaning "royal road") was the most extensive and advanced transportation system in pre-Columbian South America.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Pampa de Majes Geoglyphs
Middle Horizon to Late Intermediate Wari-Chuquibamba · Wari-influenced Majes valley
35+ broad trapezoidal geoglyphs (600-900 CE) on Pampa de Majes with 600-m highways converging on cairn huacas.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
K'allapayuq Urqu
K'allapayuq Urqu (Quechua k'allapa stretcher, yuq a suffix to indicate ownership, urqu mountain, "the mountain with a stretcher", also spelled Callapayoc Orqo, Kallapayuq Orqo) is an archaeological…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inka Raqay, Apurímac
Inka Raqay or Inkaraqay (Quechua Inka Inca, raqay ruin, a demolished building; shed, storehouse or dormitory for the laborers of a farm; a generally old building without roof, only with walls) is a…