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DigsSite Name: Pachacamac Alternative Name: Pacha Kamaq
Country: Peru Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Lima
Latitude: 12.256667S  Longitude: 76.900278W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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mfrincu visited on 2nd Apr 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 The mist in the morning over the ruins is amazing. The Temple of the Sun and also the Temple of Pachacamac (Painted Temple) align with the winter solstice sunrise.

DrewParsons Michelledubois Andy B have visited here

Pachacamac
Pachacamac submitted by Creative Commons : The Pachacamac Temple of the Sun. The photo was taken in 2002 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa). Creative Commons Image (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Peru. A pre-Inca site on the outskirts of Lima dating from 200 CE.
The Huari built a city there between 600 and 800 CE. Following the collapse of the Hauri empire it continued to be used as a religious centre from 800-1450 CE when several temples were built, after which it was conquered by the Inca empire.

Pachacamac is a candidate for inclusion on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. The Ychsma Project benefits from the support of the ULB's Centre for Archaeological and Heritage Research, the ULB Foundation, and from the National Fund for Scientific Research. The Pachacamac Archaeological Project website.

Note: 80 sets of human remains found in 20m long tomb, sent to the afterlife with gold ornaments, dogs, guinea pigs. Ring of infants surrounds adult burials.
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Pachacamac
Pachacamac submitted by Michelledubois : The Temple Of The Virgins Of The Sun at Pachacamac. photo by Brien Foerster, used with permission (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pachacamac submitted by Michelledubois : Front of the Temple with no name. 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pachacamac submitted by Andy B : Pachacamac archeological site, Temple of the Sun, front side, facing the sea by Charles Gadbois Creative Commons Image (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pachacamac submitted by Andy B : Pyramid, Pachacamac, Peru by Charles Gadbois Creative Commons Image (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pachacamac submitted by durhamnature : Old photo from "Prehistoric Man in North America" via archive.org Site in Peru

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Pachacamac submitted by durhamnature : Old photo, from "South American Archaeology" via archive.org Site in Peru

Pachacamac
Pachacamac submitted by DrewParsons : The Temple Of The Sun at Pachacamac. A scan of an old slide taken on a visit there in 1964.

Pachacamac
Pachacamac submitted by DrewParsons : The Temple Of The Virgins Of The Sun at Pachacamac. A photo taken during a visit there in 1964. The photo is a scan of one of my very old slides from that trip.

Pachacamac
Pachacamac submitted by Michelledubois : Breathtaking view from Temple of the Sun - Pachacamac - 2010

Pachacamac
Pachacamac submitted by Michelledubois : This is an unnamed Temple at Pachacamac 2010

Pachacamac
Pachacamac submitted by Michelledubois : Pachacamac - Ritual Pool: Temple Of The Virgins Of The Sun - photo by Brien Foerster, used with permission

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Spectacular Tomb Containing More Than 80 Individuals Discovered in Peru by bat400 on Wednesday, 23 May 2012
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A team of archaeologists from the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) has discovered a spectacular tomb containing more than eighty individuals of different ages. This discovery -- provisionally dated to around 1000 years ago -- was made at the site of Pachacamac.

Pachacamac, situated on the Pacific coast about thirty kilometres from Lima, is one of the largest Prehispanic sites in South America. Professor Peter Eeckhout -- under the auspices of the ULB -- has been carrying out fieldwork at the site for the past 20 years. The 2012 season resulted in some particularly remarkable discoveries.

The Ychsma Project team undertook to record and excavate a series of Inca storage facilities (15th-16th c. AD), as well as a more ancient cemetery which had been detected during exploratory work in 2004.

It was here -- directly in front of the Temple of Pachacamac -- that the most important discovery was made. A scatter of later period burials was found to conceal an enormous burial chamber 20 metres long ; miraculously, it had survived the pillaging of the colonial period -- which was particularly intensive on this site -- and was completely intact.

The tomb is oval in outline, excavated into the earth and covered with a roof of reeds supported by carved and shaped tree trunks. A dozen newborn babies and infants were distributed around the perimeter, their heads oriented towards the tomb. The main chamber was seperated into two sections, separated by a wall of mud bricks which served as a base for yet more burials.

Inside the chambers, the archaeologists uncovered the remains of more than 70 skeletons and mummies (many of which still retained their wrappings), all in the characteristic fœtal position. The burials represented both sexes and all ages, and were often accompanied by offrenda including ceramic vessels, animals (dogs, guinea pigs), copper and gold alloy artefacts, masks (or 'false heads') in painted wood, calabashes, etc. These items are currently under restoration and analysis. Babies and very young infants were particularly common.

The team's group of physical anthropologists, under the direction of Dr Lawrence Owens (University of London), have posited the possibility of a genetic relationship between many of the individuals, on the basis of certain morphological traits recorded in the skeletons. Certain of the individuals suffered mortal injuries, physical trauma or serious illness.

Previous work by the Ychsma Project has revealed the extensive presence of disease in the Pachacamac skeletal population, leading to the suggestion that the affected individuals had, as testified by Inca sources, travelled to the site in search of a cure: a form of Prehispanic Lourdes.

For more, see the article at Science Daily.
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Re: PACHACAMAC -17 pyramids found & The Lord of Earthquakes by DrewParsons on Saturday, 08 October 2011
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I visited Pachacamac in 1964 - will see if I can dig out an old photo of it from then!!
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    Re: PACHACAMAC -17 pyramids found & The Lord of Earthquakes by Michelledubois on Saturday, 08 October 2011
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    That would be super Drew. It would be fun to compare, and see what 40 years has done. Thanks!
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Re: PACHACAMAC -17 pyramids found & The Lord of Earthquakes by Michelledubois on Saturday, 08 October 2011
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The structures with niches on them were built by the Inca. Most of the common buildings and temples were built c. 800-1450 CE, shortly before the arrival and conquest by the Inca Empire.

Many pyramids have been found; archaeologists have identified at least 17 pyramids (many of them irreversibly damaged). Beside pyramids, Pachacamac had a cemetery and multicolored fresco of fish from the Early Intermediate period (c. 200-600 CE). Later, the Huari (c. 600-800 CE) constructed the city, probably using it as an administrative center. A number of Huari-influenced designs appear on the structures and on the ceramics and textiles found in the cemeteries of this period. After the collapse of the Huari empire, Pachacamac continued to grow as a religious center.

Pachacacamac, is a site revered by Peruvians for more than 2000 years. It was (is) the home of the "Lord Of The Earthquake," a deity so powerful that the Inca adopted him.

He was an oracle made out of wood, with two faces. When asked a question, he would answer.

The Spanish, finding no gold when they first approached the temple, destroyed the carved image of Pachacamac; only a replica exists today.
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Archeologists make new discoveries in Pachacamac temple by davidmorgan on Tuesday, 05 July 2011
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A group of archeologists, lead by Katiusha Bernuy, recently discovered the entry to the Calle Norte –Sur (North-South street) of the temple of Pachacamac, in southeast Lima.

Such entry would be the original entrance to this pre-Hispanic center, and this space is expected to be opened for visitors in 2013.

Exploration works, which are part of the Pachacamac Management Plan Project, suggest that the Calle Norte –Sur dates back to 1380 to 1440 D.C.

This street was an important route to the temple complex, which was defined and delineated by tall walls of stone and adobe. The road currently is 332 meters long and between 2 and 4.7 meters wide.

In addition, the archaeologists found the tomb of an important figure with cranial deformation, surrounded by women, and who was buried with a ceremonial kero, textile and vessels.

Also, a gigant spondylus and a bone carved with a feline face were found.

http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=KHOO7D6UqTA=

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