Mojeque

Welcome, fellow travelers and students of history, to the arid and profoundly enigmatic landscape of the Casma Valley in the Ancash region of Peru. We are standing at the threshold of a civilization so ancient that it…

We are now walking through the sprawling ruins known as the Pampa de las Llamas. Take a moment to look around at the vast layout of this ancient city. …

We have now arrived at the very base of the Moxeque pyramid. Standing here, craning your neck upward, you can finally appreciate the true magnitude of this construction. …

We are now standing at the central axis of the pyramid's face, looking up what was once the main access point to the heavens. If you look closely at the undulating terrain leading up the slope, you can discern the faint, eroded…

We have reached the first major stepped terrace of the pyramid. Look to your left and right along the horizontal expanse of the retaining wall. …

Walk with me along the terrace to this specific section of the wall. Beneath the ground you are standing on lies the exact location where Tello unearthed the most iconic of the Moxeque statues. …

Just a few paces down the terrace from the serpent torsos, we arrive at the site of another extraordinary revelation. As Tello's team continued to clear the adjacent niches in nineteen thirty seven, they found a different kind of…

We have now reached the upper platform of the Moxeque pyramid. From this elevated position, the entire Casma Valley spreads out beneath us like a vast, green and brown tapestry. …

As our journey at Moxeque draws to a close, let us stand together on the edge of the upper platform and cast our gaze outward one last time. The Casma Valley stretches endlessly before us, a harsh yet fertile corridor that has…

As our journey at Moxeque draws to a close, let us stand together on the edge of the upper platform and cast our gaze outward one last time. The Casma Valley stretches endlessly before us, a harsh yet fertile corridor that has…