🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Huánuco Viejo (Wankapampa)
Pre-Inca to Late Intermediate 400 BCE–1470 CE · Kotosh–Wanka (Yarowilca?)
Puna hilltop predecessor village 144 houses above Huánuco Pampa, 400 BCE–1470 CE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Wamanmarca
Wari to Inca 1000–1532 CE · Wari–Cusco–Inca
Terraced Wari–Inca ushnu spring shrine on Cusco–Abancay road, 1000–1532 CE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Garagay — Central Pyramid (Early Formative)
Initial Period to Early Horizon, c.1400–850 BCE (peak 1200–900 BCE) · Manchay / Chavín (Early Formative)
Central pyramid at Garagay (c.1400–850 BCE, Initial/Formative Manchay/Chavín), 250 × 200 m base area (3 pyramids: Central 28 m high, north and south arms), U-shaped with atrium.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Sechín Alto — Principal Platform Mound
Initial Period, c.1800–1200 BCE (Sechin Culture) · Casma-Sechín (Andean Initial Period)
Principal mound at Sechín Alto — largest architectural complex in the Americas before 2000 BCE (c.1800–1200 BCE, Initial Period Sechin Culture), 300 m long, 250 m wide, 35 m high platform mound with…
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Toro Muerto Petroglyphs
Middle Horizon to Late Intermediate ~900–1450 CE · Wari to Collagua / Inca fringe
5,000-boulder petroglyph desert - world's densest - Wari-Collagua dancers over 10 km².
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Pueblo de los Muertos
Late Intermediate 1100–1470 CE Chachapoya cliff-house · Chachapoyas
Most dramatic Chachapoyas cliff village: 30 structures (houses and mausoleums) fused to vertical sandstone wall via timber beams slotted into cliff, accessed via rope ladders 200 m above cloud forest…
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Karajía Sarcophagi
Chachapoya Late Intermediate 1100–1480 CE · Chachapoya
2.5-m anthropomorphic sarcophagi on 2600-m cliff, 1100–1480 CE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Tumulus
Kistvaen Heacham Burial Mound
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Kistvaen Heacham Burial Mound in Ancash, Peru is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) tumulus attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Huaca del Sol — Moche Grand Pyramid
Moche (Early Intermediate), c.100–750 CE · Moche (Mochica)
Huaca del Sol — largest adobe pyramid in the Americas, Moche capital platform (c.100–750 CE, Early Intermediate).
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Túcume — Huaca Las Balsas
Lambayeque (Túcume I 1000–1350) to Chimú/Inca (1350–1532) · Lambayeque / Chimú / Inca
Huaca Las Balsas at Túcume — Lambayeque/Chimú to Inca pyramid field (c.1000–1532 CE). Among 26 adobe pyramids over 220 ha centred on La Raya mountain; Las Balsas (45 × 35 m base, 18 m high) excavated…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Túcume Pyramids
Late Intermediate (Lambayeque 1000–1350 → Chimú 1350–1470 → Inca 1470–1532) · Lambayeque (Sicán) → Chimú → Inca
Valley of 26 adobe trunk-pyramids (1000–1532) on plain around eroded Cerro La Raya hill: Lambayeque/Sicán then Chimú then Inca 26 pyramids 12–25 m high (Huaca Larga 700 m long largest adobe pyramid…
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Chaviña Pampa Colorada Northwest Geoglyphs (Pampa Colorada NW Extension)
Early Intermediate–Middle Horizon transition (500–750 CE) · Huarpa–Wari
Northwest lobe of Pampa Colorada (3,300 m) extending toward Cora Cora trail. Fourteen figures: 30-m ‘scepter’ (shaft + disc), 16-m condor silhouette, and 80-m bifurcating avenue.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Revash Mausoleums
Late Intermediate Chachapoya 1100–1470 CE · Chachapoya
Red-painted cliff chullpa houses 4–5 m tall, 1100–1470 CE Chachapoya.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Huaca La Florida Baja Secondary
Initial Period Manchay 1700–900 BCE, pre-Chavín U-shaped temple · Manchay (Rímac-Lurín U-shaped temple tradition)
Southern secondary platform of Huaca La Florida (1700 BCE), largest adobe U-shaped temple in Rímac valley: main pyramid 170×100 m 17 m high with central stair to atrium; secondary south arm 60 m long…
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Sillustani
Late Intermediate to Inca 1200–1450 CE · Colla (Aymara) succeeded by Inca
12-m funerary towers in finely jointed stone above lake - Andes highest chullpas.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
El Ingenio Petroglyphs
Paracas to Early Nazca ~800 BCE–400 CE · Paracas–Nazca
Nazca-basin boulder petroglyphs bridging Paracas trophy-head art to Nazca geoglyphs.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Cederberg Stadsaal Sun Panel North — Cusco (Cusco)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Cederberg Stadsaal Sun Panel North in Cusco, Peru is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Yayno — Huari Fortified City
Middle Horizon / Early Intermediate (400–800 CE) · Recuay / Wari influenced
Yayno — Huari Fortified City in Ancash Region, Peru is a Middle Horizon / Early Intermediate (400–800 CE) ancient-city attributed to Recuay / Wari influenced. Largest fort in Americas?
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Castillo de Huarmey? Actually Castillo Huarmey — Huarmey Wari Port
Middle Horizon Wari (600–800 CE) coastal · Wari
Castillo de Huarmey? Actually Castillo Huarmey — Huarmey Wari Port in Ancash Region (coastal), Peru is a Middle Horizon Wari (600–800 CE) coastal ancient-city attributed to Wari.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Xochicalco Observatory Hill
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Xochicalco Observatory Hill in Andean Highlands, Peru is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Las Haldas Secondary Platform
Initial Period 2200–1000 BCE, Sechín-Casma tradition · Casma-Sechín (Initial Period)
Secondary platform south of main Las Haldas pyramid on coastal terrace 20 m above Pacific tidal flat: 9 m high stepped platform 40×35 m with plastered stair facing sea, contemporary with Sechín Bajo…
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Ollape
Late Intermediate Period 1000–1470 CE, Chachapoya culture before Inca conquest · Chachapoyas (Sachapuyos)
UNESCO tentative Chachapoyas 13-site serial nomination component 02 Ollape: hilltop citadel 5 ha at La Jalca with 100+ circular houses (diameter 4–7 m) with friezes of rhombic and zigzag stone inlay,…
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chotuna-Chornancap — Legendary Naymlap Landing
Moche to Chimú (300–1375 CE) · Moche / Sicán / Chimú
Chotuna-Chornancap — Legendary Naymlap Landing in Lambayeque Region, Peru is a Moche to Chimú (300–1375 CE) ancient-city attributed to Moche / Sicán / Chimú.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Etowah Mound A Terrace
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Etowah Mound A Terrace in Moche Valley, Peru is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Local Neolithic culture.