Huaca Pucllana Excavation site Lima Peru

Another Saturday P-Day adventure. This time to downtown Lima, near the ocean at Mirflores.  Early settlers to the area found a hill down by the ocean. It was used at times for a lookout but was never built upon.  Turns out it was the remnants of an ancient structure built about the time of Christ.  It is surrounded by city but is itself a preserved site that is now a historical area. 

It was built of mud bricks, all man made. They made the bricks without using a form, just created each one by hand. They placed them with a small space in between such that when earthquakes would come, the mud brick walls had flexibility. 

We finally saw a real Peruvian guanaco!  Well, it was in a pen, but we were happy to finally meet one of these Andian natives. 

Just a few short blocks from our apartment in Lima is another ancient ruin. Like the one down town, it just looks like a dirt hill. But upon excavation it was shown to be the remnant of a ancient structure. People have lived here for a long time! 

                                 Another great movie of our adventures by Elder and Sister Holmes.