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Excavation ongoing places tagged “moche” in Peru · Mysteria

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Excavation ongoing places tagged “moche” in Peru

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🇵🇪 Peru

🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex

El Brujo

Early Intermediate–Middle Horizon · Moche (North Coast)

Moche polychrome pyramid complex (100 BCE–750 CE) with Lady of Cao tattooed queen burial and 30-m muraled Huaca.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works

Moche Canal System and Puquios

Moche 100–800 CE; Wari continuation · Moche (La Libertad)

Moche Canal System – north coast Peru Moche Valley hydraulic (100–800 CE): 30 km intervalley canals (La Cumbre, Ascope) diverting Moche River to arid Chicama, puquios spiral-wells tapping aquifer…

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🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid

El Brujo Archaeological Complex (Huaca Cao Viejo / Lady of Cao)

Moche Early Intermediate 100 BCE–800 CE · Moche (Chicama Valley)

Moche pyramid 30 m, Lady of Cao tomb 400 CE proving queenship.