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Puruchuco is an archaeological site in Peru that was an administrative center of the Inca period (1438–1533), located in the Ate District, in Lima.
The construction of this architectural complex comes from the Inca culture. Puruchuco is located in the sector Huaquerones, a land of pyramids with ramps that contains one of the largest cemeteries in the Inca culture, have recently been studied by archeology.
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On our way to Puruchuco
Did you know that “The Estadio Monumental” is a soccer stadium located in the district of Ate in Lima, Peru? It serves as the home of Club Universitario de Deportes and was built in 2000 to replace the Estadio Teodoro Lolo Fernandez. Interestingly, the stadium is exclusively owned by the club.
Cactus along the entrance to the Museo de sitio
Museo de sitio
Museo de Sitio
Museo de sitio
My brother in law and my wife
A inaugural plaque
A maquette of the site
About the quipus
An open quipu
A quipu usually consisted of cotton or camelid fiber strings. The Inca people used them for collecting data and keeping records, monitoring tax obligations, collecting census records, calendrical information, and for military organization.
Metallurgy in Ancient Peru
During the pre-Columbian era, the Incas developed metallurgy. Both the extraction and purification of the metals and the manufacture of parts from these were part of the metallurgical process.
Mask
Another mask
Metallurgical process
A little garden
Ceremonial headdresses
Ceremonial headdresses
Ceramic
Ceramics
Ceramics
Cactai
A cotton flower
The cotton
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Rose the Cook 1 year ago
Very interseting but needs pictures of the actual site where the artifacts were found.
Rose the Cook 1 year ago
Very interseting but needs pictures of the actual site where the artifacts were found.
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