Eroded adobe mass of Huaca del Sol rising from the Moche Valley near Trujillo, Peru.

Huaca del Sol, a monumental adobe platform altered by erosion and colonial-period looting but still dominant in the Moche Valley landscape.

Pyramid

Huaca del Sol

Peru

Era

c. 450 CE

Coordinates

-8.1339°, -78.9892°

Category

Pyramid

Massive Moche adobe platform near Trujillo. Colonial-era looting, including the diversion of the Moche River, destroyed a large part of the monument.

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