El Castillo de Huarmey

El Castillo de Huarmey is a pyramid-like structure on Peru's Ancash coast north of Lima, representing a major Wari imperial center [1]. The site's most significant discovery occurred in 2013 when archaeologists uncovered an undisturbed royal Wari mausoleum containing 60 individuals buried with three elite women, revolutionizing understanding of Wari expansion onto the northern coast [1]. This find provided rare evidence of the Wari Empire's reach beyond its highland heartland, challenging previous assumptions about the civilization's coastal presence [1].