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Túcume is a pre-Hispanic site in Peru, south of the La Leche River on a plain around La Raya Mountain. It covers an area of over 540 acres and encompasses 26 major pyramids and mounds. The area is referred to as Purgatorio by local people.

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    Welcome to Tucume… Valley of the Pyramids

    Main road into Tucume (the town)

    The way to the Pyramids

    A Pyramid at the distance

    To the museum

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    Entrance to the Museum

    The Museum

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    Riding the donkey

    Another Pyramid

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    Ceramics from “El Cerro La Raya”

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    A Maketa of the Town at the foot steps of the Mountain

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    Cooking, the Hornado way

    Cooking pots

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    The Journey of the Fox to Heaven.

    Ceramics used by the Healers

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    Animals and Healers

    Healers and religious images

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    Images and stones

    Healer

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    Ceremonial Healers

    A maketa

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    Inca Ceramics

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    A Stone

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    A plaza at the Museum

    This, I called the Valley of the Cactus

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    More Weird Cactus….

    …And more

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    And another one

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    Tucume wishes you a happy trip!