Pyramid Explorer

Huaca Cao Viejo (El Brujo)

La Libertad, Peru

Truncated adobe step pyramid. Height: 30 m. Date: Seven building phases from about 200 CE, abandoned around 650 CE.

Ceremonial, ritual and funerary temple. About 30 m tall on a base of about 330 feet (100 m) per side, it holds the burial of the Lady of Cao; the elevation of 28 m is that of the complex.

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