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Huaca del Sol y la Luna

near Las Delicias Beach, Trujillo, Peru

Featured Review : These ancient Mochica structures rise out of the desert looking more like mountains than human-built pyramids. One feels a sense of unreality - did people actually build this giant structure made only of Adobe bricks? No...See Full Review

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Huaca del Sol y la Luna Reviews

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Huacas del Sol y la Luna

  • 3 out of 5 stars by ShannonBrooke from Somerville, Massachusetts
  • July 3, 2007
Quote: These ancient Mochica structures rise out of the desert looking more like mountains than human-built pyramids. One feels a sense of unreality - did people actually build this giant structure made only of Adobe bricks? Now, the area is surrounded by... Read the full Huaca del Sol y la Luna review

From journal Chan Chan and the Huacas

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Huaca de la Luna and Huaca del Sol

  • 5 out of 5 stars by WitlessWanderer from Bristol, United Kingdom
  • August 15, 2005
Huaca de la Luna and Huaca del Sol
Quote: The colour of history The first thing to make clear is that these temples are great. The second is that they have absolutely nothing to do with the sun or the moon. Because the Moche built newer, bigger incarnations of the temples over and around... Read the full Huaca del Sol y la Luna review

From journal Deserted in Peru

Huaca del Sol y la Luna

  • 4 out of 5 stars by lisac from Vancouver, British Columbia
  • September 1, 2001
Quote: Las Huacas del Sol y la Luna are two enormous pyramid structures that were built by the Chimu people. One is virtually untouched and undiscovered, except for what looters have taken. The other is being excavated by archaeologists and they have... Read the full Huaca del Sol y la Luna review

From journal City of Eternal Spring

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Huaca de la Luna and Huaca del Sol

  • 4 out of 5 stars by jurgen from Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
  • November 11, 2000
Huaca de la Luna and Huaca del Sol
Quote: From a distance they look like pyramid-shaped mountains in an open desert plain, but when you come closer you'll see that they are man-made. The Moche culture created these pyramids. The largest of the two pyramids is the Huaca del Sol; it used to... Read the full Huaca del Sol y la Luna review

From journal Desert pyramids and adobe cities