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Puruchuco is an archaeological site in Peru that was an administrative center of the Inca period (1438–1533), located in the Ate District, in Lima.

The construction of this architectural complex comes from the Inca culture. Puruchuco is located in the sector Huaquerones, a land of pyramids with ramps that contains one of the largest cemeteries in the Inca culture, have recently been studied by archeology.

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    On our way to Puruchuco

    Did you know that “The Estadio Monumental” is a soccer stadium located in the district of Ate in Lima, Peru? It serves as the home of Club Universitario de Deportes and was built in 2000 to replace the Estadio Teodoro Lolo Fernandez. Interestingly, the stadium is exclusively owned by the club.

    Cactus along the entrance to the Museo de sitio

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    Museo de sitio

    Museo de Sitio

    Museo de sitio

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    My brother in law and my wife

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    A inaugural plaque

    A maquette of the site

    About the quipus

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    An open quipu

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    A quipu usually consisted of cotton or camelid fiber strings. The Inca people used them for collecting data and keeping records, monitoring tax obligations, collecting census records, calendrical information, and for military organization.

    Metallurgy in Ancient Peru

    During the pre-Columbian era, the Incas developed metallurgy. Both the extraction and purification of the metals and the manufacture of parts from these were part of the metallurgical process.

    Mask

    Another mask

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    Metallurgical process

    A little garden

    Ceremonial headdresses

    Ceremonial headdresses

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    Ceramic

    Ceramics

    Ceramics

    Cactai

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    A cotton flower

    The cotton

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