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The ruins of the huge adobe-brick platforms of the Temple of the Sun at the sacred Andean site of Pachacamac, south of Lima. The site was sacred to the creator god Pachacamac and hosted an oracle which was consulted by Andeans for two millennium.
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Damron, S. (2016, June 10). Temple of the Sun, Pachacamac. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5196/temple-of-the-sun-pachacamac/
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Damron, Steven. "Temple of the Sun, Pachacamac." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified June 10, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5196/temple-of-the-sun-pachacamac/.
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