Thursday, September 07, 2006

Mapa los reinos norteños de Perú

'Las civilizaciones antiguas perdidas'- the lost and ancient kingdoms of the Moche (200-600AD). In this region alone there are well over 250 mud-brick built pyramids known as 'huacas', sacred ritual sites.





Today, the huacas are so heavily eroded they look like natural hills. There are also remains of a system of mud-brick aqueducts which enabled the Moche to irrigate an extensive part of their desert environment.

Huacas, Lambayeque valley, 1st century A.D.

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