- of
South America, a
huaca or wak'a is an
object that
represents something revered,
typically a
monument of some kind. The term
huaca can
refer to natural...
-
Huaca Prieta is the site of a
prehistoric settlement beside the
Pacific Ocean in the
Chicama Valley, just
north of Trujillo, La
Libertad Province, Peru...
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Huaca Pucllana or
Huaca Juliana (possibly from
Quechua wak'a a
local shrine to a
protector deity, a
sacred place, sacred,
pukllana game) is a
great adobe...
- The
Huaca del Sol is an
adobe brick pyramid built by the
Moche civilization (100 AD to 800 AD) on the
northern coast of what is now Peru. The pyramid...
- the
Moche people of
northern Peru.
Along with the
Huaca del Sol, the
Huaca de la Luna is part of
Huacas de Moche,
which is the
remains of an
ancient Moche...
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Huaca Rajada, also
known as Sipán, is a
Moche archaeological site in
northern Peru in the
Lambayeque Valley, that is
famous for the tomb of Lord of Sipán...
- The
ocarina (otherwise
known as a
potato flute) is a wind
musical instrument; it is a type of
vessel flute.
Variations exist, but a
typical ocarina is...
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Huaca Huallamarca (possibly from
Quechua wak'a a
local god of protection, a
sacred object or
place / sacred,
Walla a people,
marka village) also known...
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Yawar Waqaq (Hispanicized
spellings Yahuar Huacac, Yáhuar Huácac) or
Yawar Waqaq Inka (c. 1380 – c. 1410) was the
seventh Sapa Inca of the
Kingdom of Cusco...
- away from Lambayeque.
Huacas like
Huaca Rajada were
built by the
Moche and
other South American cultures as monuments. The
Huaca Rajada monument consists...
