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Travel

Peru's buried past

Peru
Tombs built into the cliffs at Revash, north Peru. Photograph: Ian J Griffiths/Ian J Griffiths
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The 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 Griffiths
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The mountain-top citadel of Kuelap. Photograph: Ian J Griffiths/Ian J Griffiths
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Karajia tombs, known locally as "purun machus" or "old people". Photograph: Ian J Griffiths/Ian J Griffiths
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A close-up of the tombs at Karajia. Photograph: Ian J Griffiths/Ian J Griffiths
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Reconstruction 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 Griffiths
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The "valley of the pyramids" at Túcume. Photograph: Ian J Griffiths/Ian J Griffiths
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The 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 Griffiths
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Detail of a painting at the Huaca de la Luna (Temple of the Moon), near Trujillo. Photograph: Ian J Griffiths/Ian J Griffiths
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Excavated facade at the Huaca de la Luna, near Trujillo. Photograph: Ian J Griffiths/Ian J Griffiths
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The Huaca del Sol (Temple of the Sun), near Trujillo. Photograph: Ian J Griffiths/Ian J Griffiths
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