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Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

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We are on our way to the ruins… Puruchuco, meaning ‘Feather hat’ in Quechua, is located at km 4.5 of the Carretera Central, east of Lima, in today’s district of Ate. In the sprawling shantytown known as Tupac Amaru, lies the pre-Hispanic site known to archaeologists as Puruchuco-Huaquerones, which was once the main ceremonial center of the Incas. During archaeological investigations, the archaeologist Guillermo Cock discovered the extent of the hidden settlement.

My brother-in-law and my wife

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

Steps, leading to the site

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

A corridor…

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

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Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

View from the top

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

A woman prying in the ruins

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

And another one

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

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A view of Ate, from the ruins

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

Plan of the ruins

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

Info

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

More corridors

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

Hallways

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

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More corridors and rooms

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

Storage room

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

A broken grinding stone

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

Walking thru the corridors

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

Triangular hornances, the most photographed part of the site

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

More info

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

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To the ceremonial area…

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

The ceremonial area

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

A grinding stone

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

Another storage room

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

Info again

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

A huge ceramic water jug…

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

More corridors…

Unveiling The Past: My Journey To The Inca Ruins Of Puruchuco (26 Pics)

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Hey there, Pandas! My name is Diana (though some prefer to refer to me as Diane, Deanna, and even Liana sometimes), and I am a Community Post Moderator Lead for Bored Panda. As my position title states, I am one of the people (employed Pandas for bamboo) over here who work with the community side of things on this website to ensure all is well, and while at that, I also help various creators and artists get recognition for the incredible work they do by connecting them to a large worldwide audience. Other than that, outside of work, you can find me brewing a nice cup of coffee, making a pizza from scratch, or baking brownies. I also love traveling, concerts, and cats (heavy on that, because I am a cat mom).

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Never Snarky 1 year ago

I love Peru and have been there 27 times, all over the country. First time I've heard of this place. Wish I was still able to travel that extensively.

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Never Snarky 1 year ago

I love Peru and have been there 27 times, all over the country. First time I've heard of this place. Wish I was still able to travel that extensively.

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