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The National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Arqueología Antropología e Historia del Perú, MNAAHP) is the largest and oldest museum in Peru, housed at the Palacio de la Magdalena, located in the main square of Pueblo Libre, a district of Lima, Peru. The museum houses more than 100,000 ...
The National Museum of Peru is a national museum in Lurín District, Lima, Peru, located within the archaeological zone of Pachacamac. The museum will hold over a half million artifacts of the Pre-Columbian era and Inca Empire , ranging back to 5,000 BCE. [ 1 ]
Archaeological sites in Peru are numerous and diverse, representing different aspects including temples and fortresses of the various cultures of ancient Peru, such as the Moche and Nazca. The sites vary in importance from small local sites to UNESCO World Heritage sites of global importance. [ 1 ]
The National Museum of Subaquatic Archaeology (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Arqueología Subacuática - ARQVA) is a underwater archaeology museum in Cartagena in Murcia, Spain. It owns a large collection of pieces recovered from shipwrecks that begins with the Phoenician shipwrecks of Mazarrón and goes on into the 19th century. [1]
Sideways view of the walls of Sacsayhuamán showing the details of the stonework and the angle of the walls. Muyuq Marka Close up of stone wall. Sacsayhuamán (/ ˈ s æ k s aɪ ˌ w ʌ m ə n / SACK-sy-wuh-mən; Spanish pronunciation: [saksajwaˈman]) or Saksaywaman (from Quechua Saksay waman pukara, pronounced [ˈsaksaj ˈwaman], lit.
[2] [3] It was designed in Neo-Inca style by architect Ricardo de Jaxa Malachowski. [4] The museum's predecessor, the Institute of Peruvian Art, was created in 1931 by Decree Law No. 7084 [5] as an institute annexed to the Department of Anthropology of the National Museum, to promote the study of pre-Hispanic art and popular arts. [6]
Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala Museo Nacional de Arqueología Antropología e Historia del Perú National Archaeological Museum (disambiguation)
Huaca Rajada, also known as Sipán, [1] is a Moche archaeological site in northern Peru in the Lambayeque Valley, that is famous for the tomb of Lord of Sipán (El Señor de Sipán), excavated by Walter Alva and his wife Susana Meneses beginning in 1987. The city of Sipán is dated from 50–700 AD, the same time as the Moche Period.