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Pachacamac ruins, 2014. In the 1890s archaeologists first began exploring Pachacamac. They found many enormous buildings and burial sites that had been previously looted. The first (sacred) section of the site includes temples of religious significance and a large cemetery. The second section includes several buildings which are mainly secular ...
Pachacámac is one of 43 districts of the Lima Province in Peru. The capital of the district is the village of Pachacámac. The capital of the district is the village of Pachacámac. Its main asset is the archaeological Inca site Pachacámac .
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.
For the Inca it was known as Pachakamaq (Pachacamac), rather than its original name of Ishma. The Ishmay Kingdom was located south of Lima, Peru in the Lurín River valley; it later spread north into the Rímac River's valley. The Ishma culture was formed around 1100 AD following the breakup of the Wari Empire. Ishma autonomy lasted until ...
The Pachacámac Islands are an important breeding site for seabirds such as red-legged and neotropic cormorants, Peruvbian boobies and Humboldt penguins. [3] Other birds present include guanay cormorants, Peruvian pelicans, Inca terns, Belcher's, kelp, grey, grey-headed and Franklin's gulls, turkey vultures, and American and blackish oystercatchers.
Huaca Pucllana or Huaca Juliana [1] (possibly from Quechua wak'a a local shrine to a protector deity, a sacred place, sacred, pukllana game) [2] is a great adobe and clay pyramid located in the Miraflores district of central Lima, Peru, built from seven staggered platforms.
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]
Huaca Santa Catalina is an archaeological site located at Jirón Pascual Saco Oliveros 875, [1] between Miguel Checa and Pascual Saco streets, in the neighbourhood of Santa Catalina, in La Victoria District, Lima, Peru. [2] It's one of the few remains of the Qhapaq Ñan (the Inca road system) that exist in the city. [3]