An atlas of Earth’s mysterious places — megaliths, pyramids, lost and sunken cities — with the evidence shown plainly: what is verified, what is contested, and what is still unknown.

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World Heritage huacas

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🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid

Huaca del Dragón — Huaca del Arco Iris (Trujillo) Pyramid

Chimú (Chan Chan culture) · Chimú (Chimor kingdom)

Chimú rainbow-dragon relief pyramid Huaca del Dragón (800–1400 CE) north of Chan Chan: 7.5 m double platform with vault niches and coiled two-headed dragon friezes.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid

Batán Grande — Sicán (Huaca Las Ventanas) Pyramid

Middle Sicán to Late Sicán (Lambayeque) · Sicán / Lambayeque (Moche descendant)

Sicán capital Batán Grande (800–1375 CE): 20 adobe pyramids (Huaca Loro 20 m with Lord of Sicán 2 kg gold mask and 22 sacrifices) in dry forest world-heritage necropolis.