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Túcume is a pre-Hispanic site in Peru, south of the La Leche River on a plain around La Raya Mountain. It covers an area of over 540 acres and encompasses 26 major pyramids and mounds. The area is referred to as Purgatorio by local people.

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    Welcome to Tucume… Valley of the Pyramids

    Main road into Tucume (the town)

    The way to the Pyramids

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    A Pyramid at the distance

    To the museum

    Entrance to the Museum

    The Museum

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    Riding the donkey

    Another Pyramid

    Ceramics from “El Cerro La Raya”

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    A Maketa of the Town at the foot steps of the Mountain

    Cooking, the Hornado way

    Cooking pots

    The Journey of the Fox to Heaven.

    Ceramics used by the Healers

    Animals and Healers

    Healers and religious images

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    Images and stones

    Healer

    Ceremonial Healers

    A maketa

    Inca Ceramics

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    A Stone

    A plaza at the Museum

    This, I called the Valley of the Cactus

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    More Weird Cactus….

    …And more

    And another one

    Tucume wishes you a happy trip!

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