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Widely accepted, excavation ongoing places in Peru · Mysteria

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Widely accepted, excavation ongoing places in Peru

2 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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Verified235 Widely accepted12 Contested2 Hypothetical14 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology1

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Pyramids122 Temple complexes79 Archaeological wonders77 Ancient cities54 Megaliths49

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🇵🇪Peru264

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UNESCO World Heritage only

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Partially excavated183 Excavated35 Excavation ongoing30 Unexcavated14 Not applicable2

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pyramid55 inca31 peru30 geoglyph26 wari24 mound23 americas

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Rock art sites18

Hydraulic works15

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temple complex10

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🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works

Cumbemayo Aqueduct, Cajamarca

Andean Formative (Early Horizon) · Cajamarca (Cumbemayo culture) pre-Chavín

Andean 9-km zigzag rock-cut canal 1500 BCE with zigzag flow-slowing and Frailones hoodoos.

🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph

Paracas Candelabra

Early Horizon, Paracas culture 200 BCE–100 BCE · Paracas culture, precursor to Nazca

181-m trident/cactus cut into coastal hill facing Pacific as sailors beacon.