Megalithic Portal: Latest from Peru

Uyo Uyo

LeRoyBreizh — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:55:03 GMT

]]>Ancient Village or Settlement in Peru

Huaca Yolanda

Anne T — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:08:01 GMT

]]>A monumental ceremonial site on the north coast of Peru which gained international attention with the unprecedented discovery of a three-dimensional mural depicting fish-like motifs - alongside marine plants and stars, originally painted in vibrant blues, yellows, and blacks.

Cajarumi

EarthExplorer — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 09:58:37 GMT

]]>Rock Cut Tomb in Peru

Chavín de Huantar

DavidMorgan — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:43:29 GMT

]]>Recently excavated deposits sealed in an underground gallery at Chavín contained twenty-three bone tubes that are associated with consumption of psychoactive plants elsewhere in the region. Direct evidence of this psychoactive plant use has recently been published in the Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences, details below. An archaeological site in Peru with ruins including a pyramid type structure constructed beginning about 850 BCE and occupied until about 300 BCE by the Chavín, a major pre-Inca culture.

Callacpuma

AKFisher — Tue, 21 May 2024 09:35:25 GMT

]]>The Callacpuma archaeological site within the city of Cajamarca in Peru, known for its extraordinary rock cave paintings estimated at 4750 ya, indicates the site was occupied from the late pre-ceramic period onward. Recent discoveries indicate the inhabitants also produced megalithic structures among the earliest identified in South America.

Waqrapukara Archaeological Park

AKFisher — Thu, 09 May 2024 20:49:29 GMT

]]>An archaeological park site in Peru located in the Cusco Region, near the Apurímac River. At 4,300 meters (14,107 ft) above sea level, it was built by the Canchis people (1500 - 1000 BCE) and later conquered by the Incas. It is estimated that under the government of the Inca emperor Túpac Yupanqui (1471 – 1493 CE) the main temples and platforms were built.

Harakbut Face

AKFisher — Wed, 08 May 2024 07:59:54 GMT

]]>Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Peru

Museo Arqueologico Rafael Larco Herrera

bat400 — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 17:28:16 GMT

]]>Lots of photos just in from Maria Korh. Museum of pre-Columbian art in the Pueblo Libre District of Lima, Peru. The museum is housed in an 18th-century vice-royal building with a large garden. The chronological galleries show artwork from 4,000 years of Peruvian history grouped by geographic regions.

Huaca Huallamarca

MK38416 — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 15:13:45 GMT

]]>Huaca Huallamarca (possibly from Quechua wak'a a local god of protection, a sacred object or place / sacred, Walla a people, marka village) also known as Huaca Pan de Azúcar (possibly from Spanish pan de azúcar sugar loaf), is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the district of San Isidro, in the city of Lima and has an on-site museum.

Nazca Lines

bat400 — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 12:12:33 GMT

]]>More than 100 new designs discovered in Peru’s ancient Nazca plain. Geoglyphs in Ica State, Peru. The Nazca culture (200BC - 700AD) created large figures in the desert floor. Many can only be seen from the air. The lines were made by removing stones and pebbles coated with iron oxide (sometimes called "desert varnish") to reveal a lighter colored layer of ground beneath.

Tumshukayko

davidmorgan — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 17:19:56 GMT

]]>A Late Pre-Ceramic site in Ancash Region, Peru dating from about 2500 BCE. 1 km north from the city of Caraz, at an elevation of 2300m above sea level. The fine stone work forms a circular structure, consisting of platforms, terraces and stairways.

Raqaypata

mlc — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 08:27:51 GMT

]]>Ancient Village or Settlement in Peru

Machu Picchu.

bat400 — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:03:31 GMT

]]>Top photo: Houses at Machu Picchu - scan of Ilford 400 black and white film taken in 1997. More on our page. Machu Picchu is a royal Incan estate, one of many sites built in the Urubamba Valley at lower altitudes than the Incan capitol of Cusco. Mountain peaks surround the spit of land above the river. Considering the number and placement of temple and altar sites this area seems to have been used for ceremonials and probably had a military component, but surrounding living quarters indicate a royal residence, supported by storage areas and terraced garden plots.

Tambo Colorado

davidmorgan — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 12:08:54 GMT

]]>Spatial data and high quality scans and images made available for many sites via Cyark and Open Heritage 3D. An Inca adobe settlement dating from 1470 CE - 1532 CE. Many murals have been found. Tambo Colorado was a strategic Inca center, dominating access to the Inca road leading to the highlands and eventually to the Inca capital in Cuzco.

Vichama

davidmorgan — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 04:41:05 GMT

]]>More figurative mural sculptures revealed. Rare reliefs depict life and death at 3800 year old Peruvean site.. Ancient Settlement in Lima Region, Peru. A coastal town of the Chico Norte or Caral-Supe culture. It was roughly contemporary to Caral but the major building episodes are later than those at Caral. Described as a farming and fishing town.