Picture out of order again. This is the Temple of the moon (expained a little more below). The ramp shown below is about the length of a football field and they think the area was used for religous events and entertaining death matches something akin to roman gladiators.
Amazing base relief artwork at the Chavin ´rainbow´temple which actually exists amazingly close to the Trujillo city centre.
The Chavin did amazing work with adobe (mud) bricks. The remains of a palace shown above was once part of the largest pre-Inca cty in South America, covering more than 26 square km. This city was conquered by the Inca just 10 years before the Spanish arrived. After 30 or 40 years of the Spanish most of the inhabitants had died out due to war or disease. The Spanish then set up mining companies to dig and loot the tombs of the 9 previous rulers of the city.
Painted base-relief artwork of the Moche temple of the moon. The Moche preceeded the Chavin and were around about 100-700AD. This temple was covered with sand untill 1968 so its quite well preserved.
A shot from the top of the temple of the moon showning new digs at its base and the unexcavated temple of the sun in the distance.
The same arena area as the first picture. Each row of paintings in the distance is about the hight of a man.
Picture out of order again. This is the Temple of the moon (expained a little more below). The ramp shown below is about the length of a football field and they think the area was used for religous events and entertaining death matches something akin to roman gladiators.
Amazing base relief artwork at the Chavin ´rainbow´temple which actually exists amazingly close to the Trujillo city centre. 
The Chavin did amazing work with adobe (mud) bricks. The remains of a palace shown above was once part of the largest pre-Inca cty in South America, covering more than 26 square km. This city was conquered by the Inca just 10 years before the Spanish arrived. After 30 or 40 years of the Spanish most of the inhabitants had died out due to war or disease. The Spanish then set up mining companies to dig and loot the tombs of the 9 previous rulers of the city.
Painted base-relief artwork of the Moche temple of the moon. The Moche preceeded the Chavin and were around about 100-700AD. This temple was covered with sand untill 1968 so its quite well preserved.
A shot from the top of the temple of the moon showning new digs at its base and the unexcavated temple of the sun in the distance.
The same arena area as the first picture. Each row of paintings in the distance is about the hight of a man. 
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Wow! What beautiful photos and commentary. Thanks for keeping us posted. Looks awsome. Hope you are feeling better and the food poisoning and altitude sickness are clearing. If not let me know please. Richenda was home for the weekend to celebrate her 19th! We had a nice dinner with Sean on Saturday and cake and presents, the expected celebration, but missed your presence. I know you were with us in thought. She will be back next Friday to do her driver's test and get rid of her "N". Can't believe we have not pictures from yesterday's celebration, Dad was feeling a bit under the weather so lay pretty low, but is better today. Hopefully she will take some tomorrow when she goes out with friends in Victoria. Somehow she doesn't really want us around for tomorrow, can't imagine why. Anyway take care my love. I am off to bed. Loads of love and prayers, mom
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