Built by the Chachapoya civilisation, known as the “people of the cloud forest”, the structures are located within a Unesco Mixed World Heritage site 500km north of Lima.
Researchers working in Peru have discovered more than 100 previously unknown structures at the Gran Pajatén archaeological complex, an ancient site located within Río
© Photographs by World Monuments Fund
Abiseo National Park, 500 km north of Lima. The park is a Unesco Mixed World Heritage site, and famous for the ruins left by the Chachapoya, a civilization that lived in the northeastern Andes of Peru from the 7th to the 16th centuries.
“Everyone on the team is very excited,” says Juan Pablo de la Puente, the executive director of the World Monument Fund in Peru. “Contributing to a deeper understanding of the Chachapoya legacy is both a responsibility and a privilege. Indeed, it’s a great responsibility we Peruvians have to the world.”
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