🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Government Palace, Peru
The Government Palace (Spanish: Palacio de Gobierno), also known as the House of Pizarro (Spanish: Casa de Pizarro), is the seat of the executive branch of the Peruvian government, and the official…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
El Castillo de Huarmey
El Castillo de Huarmey (English: "the Castle on the River Huarmey") is a pyramid-like structure on the coast of Peru, in the Ancash Region north of Lima, the most studied section of the archeological…
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Huaricanga
Huaricanga is the earliest city of the Norte Chico civilization, called Caral or Caral-Supe in Peru and Spanish language sources.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Cusichaca River
Cusichaca River (possibly from Quechua kusi delight, joy, happiness / merry, joyful, content, happy, chaka bridge, "joy bridge", or k'usi a cucurbit species, a small zucchini or Cucurbita pepo,…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Khapia
Khapia (possibly from in the Aymara spelling Qhapiya, or Qapiya in Uru language, Hispanicized spellings Capía, Ccapia, Ccapía, Khapia, Khapía, K'apía) is a mountain in Peru, possibly an extinct…
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Vitor Valley Pampa Geoglyphs (Corire–La Cano Sector)
Sihuas–Wari to Late Intermediate · Vitor–Sihuas valley people
Vitor pampa geoglyphs between Arequipa and Majes: 21 etched figures with radial avenues to spring wetland.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Kuntuyuq
Kuntuyuq or Quntuyuq (Quechua kuntu, quntu fragrance, aroma, -yuq a suffix, "the one with a fragrance", Hispanicized spelling Contuyog, Cuntuyog) is an archaeological site with rock paintings on a…
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock-cut
Ventanillas de Otuzco
Early Horizon to Cajamarca (700 BCE – 800 CE) · Cajamarca / Wari
Ventanillas de Otuzco in Cajamarca, Peru is a Early Horizon to Cajamarca (700 BCE – 800 CE) rock_cut attributed to Cajamarca / Wari culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Jaén — Huaca La Ventilla / Huaca del Inca Pyramid
Initial to Early Formative (Bagua-Jaén, Bracamoros) · Bagua-Jaén / Bracamoros culture (Marañón)
Jaén valley mound cluster Huaca La Ventilla (1500–500 BCE) near Montegrande: 40×40 m 15 m adobe-cobble pyramid — Bagua-Jaén phase dense temple field in upper Marañón.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Chichakuri
Chichakuri (Quechua chichaku, meaning chigoe flea (Tunga penetrans), -(i)ri an Aymara suffix; Hispanicized spelling Chichacori) is an archaeological site in Peru consisting of stone tombs (chullpa),…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inti Watana, Ayacucho
Inti Watana, Intiwatana (Quechua, hispanicized spelling Intihuatana) or Pumaqucha (Quechua puma cougar, puma, qucha lake, "puma lake", hispanicized spellings Pomaccocha, Pomacocha, Pumacocha) is an…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Cuchi Machay
Cuchi Machay (possibly from in the Quechua spelling Khuchi Mach'ay or Khuchimach'ay, khuchi pig, mach'ay cave, "pig cave") is an archaeological site with rock paintings in Peru.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Intipanawin
Intipanawin or Intipa Ñawin (Quechua inti sun, ñawi eye, -pa, -n suffixes, "eye of the sun", also spelled Intipanawin) is an archaeological site and the name of a mountain with rock paintings in Peru.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Llaqta Qulluy, Conayca
Llaqta Qulluy (Quechua llaqta place (village, town, city, country, nation), qulluy to die out, become extinct; to fail, "extinct town", also spelled Llaqta Qolloy) is an archaeological site in Peru…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Cabeza de Vaca, Tumbes
Inca civilization
Cabeza de Vaca is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Tumbes Region, Tumbes Province, Corrales District. Cabeza de Vaca was occupied by Incas.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Huamboy
Huamboy (possibly from Quechua wamp'uy, meaning "to navigate, to sail, to travel by boat") is an archaeological site featuring cemeteries and a village located on a hill of the same name in Peru.
🇵🇪 Peru · Necropolis
Easton Rock Necropolis
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Easton Rock Necropolis in Ancash, Peru is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) necropolis attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Maray Qalla
Maray Qalla (Quechua maran, maray batan or grindstone, maray to tear down, to knock down, qalla carved stone, cobblestone; circular spindle disk; cheek, also spelled Maraycalla, Maraycalle) is an…