This morning Wily, Helba, my dad, and I headed off to Lurin for lunch and to visit the new museum at Pachacamac.
Pachacamac is a 1400 acre archaeological site 40 km south of Lima at the edge of the Lurin Valley. It was first settled in about AD 200, and was one of ancient Peru's primary religious piligrimage sites for over a thousand years, until the Spanish Conquest.
The main idol of the temple of Pachacamac
The site was dedicated to the earth-creator god, Pachakamaq, who was worshipped far and wide across ancient Peru, and by many successive cultures, including the Ychma, Lima, Wari, and eventually, even, the Incas.
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| The remains of the Palace of Taurichumpi, last Inca administrator of Pachacamac |
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| Reconstructed Inca-period structures which housed the "chosen women" |
The site museum is pretty much brand-new, having been opened earlier this year and it is a big improvement over the rather small and wear-worn one that had been there previously.
The new museum does not have a great many objects on display, but those it does have are very nice pieces and are arranged and selected to give a very good impression of the cultures who occupied Pachacamac and of the special nature of the site for them.
All in all, it was a great visit.
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| Inca-period footwear |
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| Inca feathered headdress |
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| Wari-period ceramic "gourd" offering |
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| Grave covering, with spndylus shells brought from Ecuador |
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| Spndylus and cotton necklace, and silver miniature offerings |
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| Inca-period, male and female gold figurines |
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