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World Heritage places tagged “ancient city” in Peru · Mysteria

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World Heritage places tagged “ancient city” in Peru

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Verified56 Widely accepted9 Contested0 Hypothetical117 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology0

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Ancient cities182 Megaliths8 Pyramids5 Administratives4 Archaeological wonders4

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🇵🇪Peru182

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Partially excavated153 Excavated16 Excavation ongoing6 Not applicable5 Unexcavated2

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ancient city182 bronze age8 la libertad8 amazonas5 peru5 wari5 wikipedia sourced5 ancash

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ayacucho region4

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🇵🇪 Peru

UNESCO World Heritage

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🇵🇪 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.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Gran Pajatén Archaeological Zone

Chachapoya 800–1532 CE · Chachapoya

Chachapoya cloud-forest citadel slate-mosaic friezes, UNESCO 548.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Caral-Supe

Late Archaic (2600 – 2000 BCE) · Caral-Supe (Norte Chico)

Caral-Supe in Lima, Peru is a Late Archaic (2600 – 2000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Caral-Supe (Norte Chico) culture.