Painted Moche relief panels preserved inside Huaca de la Luna near Trujillo, Peru.

Painted relief panels within Huaca de la Luna. Successive building phases covered earlier decorated walls, helping some of them survive.

Pyramid

Huaca de la Luna

Peru

Era

c. 100–800 CE

Coordinates

-8.1361°, -78.9836°

Category

Pyramid

Moche ceremonial complex opposite Huaca del Sol, preserving painted reliefs of supernatural figures and evidence connected with ritual sacrifice.

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