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Rainbow Temple (La Huaca Arco Iris), an ancient site that was excavated in the 1960s, is one of the best preserved Chimu temples. It may have been a place where harvest priests and infants sacrificed, some pyramid-shaped walls carved rainbow patterns.
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The Rainbow Temple is one of the five celestial temples believed by the Incas, similar to the "Dragon King Temple" in China, which is used to pray for good weather and good crops, and to sacrifice babies. This ancient site from the Chimu Empire period is well preserved and was only excavated in the 1960s. Some pyramid-shaped enclosures have rainbow patterns carved into them.
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Rainbow Temple (La Huaca Arco Iris), an ancient site that was excavated in the 1960s, is one of the best preserved Chimu temples. It may have been a place where harvest priests and infants sacrificed, some pyramid-shaped walls carved rainbow patterns.
The Inca people prayed for a temple in good weather. The name was beautiful, but it actually felt no different from other temples, but it was still built spectacularly.
This is a temple for sacrifice, asking for the weather, asking for a harvest. Similar to the pyramid, well preserved, spectacular appearance, and nice name
Historical and cultural heritage, the buildings are majestic and worth visiting.
One of five temples of heavenly elephants believed by the Inca, similar to the Dragon King temple in China.