🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Chotuna–Chornancap
Middle Sicán to Chimú 700–1375 CE · Sicán (Lambayeque) then Chimú
Golden Priestess tomb within twin truncated pyramids, 700–1375 CE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Tucume — Templo de la Piedra Sagrada and 26 Pyramid Ridge
Sicán (Lambayeque 1100) to Chimú (1350) to Inca 1470 layer cake with 26 pyramids (1100–1532 CE) 220 ha · Sicán → Chimú → Inca successive on Cerro La Raya ridge temple of stone 12 m high sacred
Tucume excavated by Thor Heyerdahl 1988 Kon-Tiki, 220 ha 26 pyramids Heyerdahl.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Cahuachi Adobe Pyramids
Early Nazca / Protopalpa 400 BCE–450 CE (peak 100 BCE–300 CE) · Nazca (Paracas → Nazca)
Ceremonial capital of Nazca culture (400 BCE–450 CE) with 40 adobe mounds over 150 ha, including Great Pyramid 28 m high (150 × 100 m base, 3 platforms) and Temple Hill pyramid 20 m.
🇵🇪 Peru · Mound
Huaca Prieta–Paredones
Lithic to Preceramic 14500 BP–2000 BCE, monumental mound 3500–1800 BCE (Huaca Prieta period) · Preceramic Chicama (Huaca Prieta period) to Cupisnique-Chavín
Compact mound-midden 12 m high 150×50 m 3 km north of Chicama River mouth beside Pacific: stratified 14.5 ka Lithic to Preceramic sequence with temple platform atop midden, preserving world's oldest…
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Laguna de los Cóndores (Leymebamba) Chachapoya Mausoleums
Late Horizon Chachapoya-Inca 1470–1532 CE · Chachapoya–Inca
219-mummy cliff mausoleum over alpine lake, 1470–1532 Chachapoya-Inca.
🇵🇪 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.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Chaviña Pampa Quebrada Loma Southwest Geoglyphs (Loma Ravine Rim)
Early Intermediate (300 BCE–500 CE) · Huarpa–Topará
Ravine rim (3,350 m) above Quebrada Loma with 10-m drop; figures perched on rim crest with foresight over Nasca–Ayacucho corridor.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Garagay — Central Pyramid (Early Formative)
Initial Period to Early Horizon, c.1400–850 BCE (peak 1200–900 BCE) · Manchay / Chavín (Early Formative)
Central pyramid at Garagay (c.1400–850 BCE, Initial/Formative Manchay/Chavín), 250 × 200 m base area (3 pyramids: Central 28 m high, north and south arms), U-shaped with atrium.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Sechín Alto — Principal Platform Mound
Initial Period, c.1800–1200 BCE (Sechin Culture) · Casma-Sechín (Andean Initial Period)
Principal mound at Sechín Alto — largest architectural complex in the Americas before 2000 BCE (c.1800–1200 BCE, Initial Period Sechin Culture), 300 m long, 250 m wide, 35 m high platform mound with…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Túcume — Huaca Las Balsas
Lambayeque (Túcume I 1000–1350) to Chimú/Inca (1350–1532) · Lambayeque / Chimú / Inca
Huaca Las Balsas at Túcume — Lambayeque/Chimú to Inca pyramid field (c.1000–1532 CE). Among 26 adobe pyramids over 220 ha centred on La Raya mountain; Las Balsas (45 × 35 m base, 18 m high) excavated…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Túcume Pyramids
Late Intermediate (Lambayeque 1000–1350 → Chimú 1350–1470 → Inca 1470–1532) · Lambayeque (Sicán) → Chimú → Inca
Valley of 26 adobe trunk-pyramids (1000–1532) on plain around eroded Cerro La Raya hill: Lambayeque/Sicán then Chimú then Inca 26 pyramids 12–25 m high (Huaca Larga 700 m long largest adobe pyramid…
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Manchan — Casma Polity Mud City Nepeña Casma Pampa
Casma (Sechín Casma culture 1100–1470 Chimú conquer 1350; Inca 1470 Chimu later) · Casma (Sechín) → Chimú → Inca (Manchan 1100 pre-CHimú capital of Casma Sechin polity 63 ha Terraced Sechin Cerro)
Manchan Moore 1981 Casma empire 63 ha planned 200 compounds.
🇵🇪 Peru · Buried city
Chan Chan — Tschudi Palace Nik An Audience Complex
Chimú (1200–1470 CE Chimu Empire; Tschudi palace 1400 CE last Nik An) · Chimú (Chan Chan 9 palaces 100k pop)
Chan Chan excavated by Bennett, Moseley, 1200–1470 Chimú 100k population 20 km².
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Revash Mausoleums
Late Intermediate Chachapoya 1100–1470 CE · Chachapoya
Red-painted cliff chullpa houses 4–5 m tall, 1100–1470 CE Chachapoya.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Pampa Grande Pyramid (Huaca Fortaleza)
Late Moche (Moche V, 600–750) · Moche (Late Moche Galindo-Pampa Grande)
Latest Moche capital Pampa Grande (600–750 CE): 38 m Huaca Fortaleza mudbrick pyramid (~290k m³) with hilltop fortress and 1200 workshops, final Moche mega-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Moche Canal System and Puquios
Moche 100–800 CE; Wari continuation · Moche (La Libertad)
Moche Canal System – north coast Peru Moche Valley hydraulic (100–800 CE): 30 km intervalley canals (La Cumbre, Ascope) diverting Moche River to arid Chicama, puquios spiral-wells tapping aquifer…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Sipán — Lord of Sipán Royal Tomb Huaca Rajada
Moche (200–700 CE; Lord of Sipán 250 CE) · Moche royal (Sican?) Sipán 250 CE warrior-priest 1.75 m
Sipán excavated by Walter Alva 1987 Lord 250 gold mask 12 cm, gold peanuts.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Huaca La Florida — Rímac Valley Initial Period Pyramid
Initial Period, c.1700–1200 BCE · Manchay (Lima Initial Period, Casma–Rímac tradition)
Huaca La Florida — largest remaining Initial Period pyramid in the Rímac valley (c.1700–1200 BCE), 213 × 65 m base, 17 m high, U-shaped with central stair and circular sunken court.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Kuelap Fortress North — Andean Highlands (Cusco)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age
Kuelap Fortress North in Andean Highlands, Peru is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) temple complex attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Monolithic Stela Circle South — Cusco (Cusco)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Monolithic Stela Circle South in Cusco, Peru is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Earthwork
Maranhao Hydraulic Fish Trap West — Nazca (Nazca)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Classical
Maranhao Hydraulic Fish Trap West in Nazca, Peru is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Classical culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Spiro Craig Mound South
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Spiro Craig Mound South in Moche Valley, Peru is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Classical culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Huaricoto — Callejón de Huaylas Three-Temple Sequence Mito
Preceramic Mito 2200 BCE to Chavín 1000 BCE to Recuay 500 CE multi-occupied 2200–500 BCE · Kotosh-Mito → Chavín → Recuay Huaricoto with 3 temple superimpositions
Huaricoto Burger 1980 Mit double and white plaster 2200 BCE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
La Congona Fortress
Late Intermediate Chachapoya 1100–1470 CE · Chachapoya
Ridge-top Chachapoya defensive hill-fort, 1100–1470 CE.