While in Trujillo, Paddington visited the Huaca de la Luna a few kilometers outside of the city. This temple was one of the main centers of the Moche civilization, which lived in this area from about 100 A.D. to around 800 A.D.
Paddington in front of a temple wall inside the pyramidal temple.
Paddington above the walls of an earlier temple. The Moche priests built temples on top of each other, today leaving us with at least five levels of successively built temples, each one filled in to complete the next one.
Paddington in front of one of the complex's main alters. Note that all the visable colors on the walls are original.
Paddington in front of the temple's northern external wall. On the wall are painted six distinct lines of painting representing different parts of the Moche culture.
What beautiful, intricate adornment. I'm curious about the successive temples, and whether they have uncovered them all. The Trujillo trip seems like a truly interesting expedition in a truly interesting year!
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