• Huaca del Sol as seen from the southeast, with the Moche River delta beyond and city ruins in the foreground. The Huaca del Sol is an adobe brick pyramid built by the Moche...
  • Exploring the Huaca del Sol and Huaca de la Luna archaeological sites allows visitors to explore the rich history and archaeological significance of these ancient...
  • Huaca del Sol - Moche Administrative Center. It is the largest temple in the archaeological complex since it is composed of 5 terraces and has a height of 45 meters...
  • With its estimated 130 million bricks, Huaca del Sol is one of the largest adobe structures in the Americas.
  • Looking also took its toll in Colonial times, when treasure hunters diverted the Moche river and washed away two-thirds of the Huaca.
  • I read in my Lonely Planet guidebook, or some other guidebook, that the Huaca del sol is the largest single pre-Colombian structure in Peru.
  • According to legend, Huaca del Sol was built by 250,000 men in three days, and they needed more than 140 million mud bricks to complete the task.
  • The main structure of the Huaca del Sol is a rectangular pyramid-temple made of millions of adobe mud bricks, with three levels and walls covered in friezes...
  • Huaca del Sol is basically a ruin these days and is inaccessible for visitors.
  • The Huaca del Sol is the largest adobe structure in the Americas, standing approximately 40 meters high and built using millions of mud bricks.