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We are on our way to the ruins… Puruchuco, meaning ‘Feather hat’ in Quechua, is located at km 4.5 of the Carretera Central, east of Lima, in today’s district of Ate. In the sprawling shantytown known as Tupac Amaru, lies the pre-Hispanic site known to archaeologists as Puruchuco-Huaquerones, which was once the main ceremonial center of the Incas. During archaeological investigations, the archaeologist Guillermo Cock discovered the extent of the hidden settlement.

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    My brother-in-law and my wife

    Steps, leading to the site

    A corridor…

    View from the top

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    A woman prying in the ruins

    And another one

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    A view of Ate, from the ruins

    Plan of the ruins

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    Info

    More corridors

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    Hallways

    More corridors and rooms

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    Storage room

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    A broken grinding stone

    Walking thru the corridors

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    Triangular hornances, the most photographed part of the site

    More info

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    To the ceremonial area…

    The ceremonial area

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    A grinding stone

    Another storage room

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    Info again

    A huge ceramic water jug…

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    More corridors…