Peru

"The Huaca Pucllana, also Pucllana or Huaca Juliana, is a great adobe and clay pyramid located in the Miraflores district of central Lima, Peru, built from seven staggered platforms. It takes its name from the Quechua word “pucllay,” meaning “game,” which in its entirety can be translated as “a place for ritual games.” It served as an important ceremonial and administrative center for the advancement of the Lima Culture, a society which developed in the Peruvian Central Coast between the years of 200 AD and 700 AD. With the intended purpose of having the elite clergymen (who politically governed several valleys in the area) express their complete religious power and ability to control the use of all the natural water resources (saltwater and freshwater) of the zone, a Great Pyramid was constructed in the Huaca." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huaca_Pucllana AIMG 0599

"The Huaca Pucllana, also Pucllana or Huaca Juliana, is a great adobe and clay pyramid located in the Miraflores district of central Lima, Peru, built from seven staggered platforms. It takes its name from the Quechua word “pucllay,” meaning “game,” which in its entirety can be translated as “a place for ritual games.” It served as an important ceremonial and administrative center for the advancement of the Lima Culture, a society which developed in the Peruvian Central Coast between the years of 200 AD and 700 AD. With the intended purpose of having the elite clergymen (who politically governed several valleys in the area) express their complete religious power and ability to control the use of all the natural water resources (saltwater and freshwater) of the zone, a Great Pyramid was constructed in the Huaca." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huaca_Pucllana AIMG 0586

Woven blankets for sale in Cusco, Peru AIMG 1412

Woven blankets for sale in Cusco, Peru AIMG 1414

Museo Nacional de Arqueologia, Antropologia e Historia del Peru, Lima, Peru AIMG 0631

Museo Nacional de Arqueologia, Antropologia e Historia del Peru, Lima, Peru AIMG 0618

Museo Nacional de Arqueologia, Antropologia e Historia del Peru, Lima, Peru AIMG 0629

Palacio de Gobierno, Lima, Peru AIMG 0653

Lima, Peru AIMG 0647