South America

Trjuillo sits on the pacific coast in the north of Peru, the coast is lined in desert and home to some of the coolest ruins I've seen set and museums full of the most detailed and wide variety of artifacts and art from the cultures.

The first were the Huacas Del Sol y Del La Luna. Two pyramid like temples home to the Moche culture. Used to house the religious and politically elite they created large and colorful reliefs on their temple to represent their God and their myths. Large human sacrifices were made to keep the gods happy, both regularly and in the years of El Niño. Every lifetime they would build over their temple allowing their art to be perfectly preserved.

The second are the remains of a large city called Chan Chan from the Chímu culture. These huge walls that remain scattered throughout the desert coast mark the remains of a large civilization that had great architectural skills and a great respect for both the ocean and the mountains.Lue lisää