Tombs built into the cliffs at Revash, north Peru.Photograph: Ian J Griffiths/Ian J GriffithsThe mummified remains of a female, thought to be a teenage girl, found at the Laguna de los Condores (Lake of the Condors), and displayed at the nearby Leymebamba Museum. Photograph: Ian J Griffiths/Ian J GriffithsThe mountain-top citadel of Kuelap. Photograph: Ian J Griffiths/Ian J Griffiths
Karajia tombs, known locally as "purun machus" or "old people". Photograph: Ian J Griffiths/Ian J GriffithsA close-up of the tombs at Karajia. Photograph: Ian J Griffiths/Ian J GriffithsReconstruction of the tomb of a priestess of the pre-Inca Moche people, found at San José de Moro, near Chepén. Photograph: Ian J Griffiths/Ian J GriffithsThe "valley of the pyramids" at Túcume.Photograph: Ian J Griffiths/Ian J GriffithsThe temple known as Huaca Cao Viejo ("temple of old Cao") at the El Brujo complex, north of Trujillo, Peru. Photograph: Ian J Griffiths/Ian J GriffithsDetail of a painting at the Huaca de la Luna (Temple of the Moon), near Trujillo.Photograph: Ian J Griffiths/Ian J GriffithsExcavated facade at the Huaca de la Luna, near Trujillo.Photograph: Ian J Griffiths/Ian J GriffithsThe Huaca del Sol (Temple of the Sun), near Trujillo.Photograph: Ian J Griffiths/Ian J Griffiths
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