Rumicolca was originally constructed as an aquaduct by the Wari culture, leading to the nearby city of Pikallacta. Centuries later, the Inca transformed this site into a massive gateway for those travelling to Cusco via the main Inca road to the sout...

The Rumicolca Aquaduct once delivered water to the nearby Pikallacta, a large Wari city with a population in the tens of thousands.

These unique corkscrew ramps descend down into one of a network of underground aqueducts, built by the Nazca culture over 1,500 years ago.

Raqchi was initially occupied by the Wari Empire. Centuries later the Inca then began to also use this site as an outpost situated along the road from Cusco to their their southern territory within present-day Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.

Located in the Amano Museum in Lima.

Located in the Larco Museum in Lima.

Located at Hipolito Unanue Museum in Ayacucho, Peru.