Ancash
Casma Province
Casma District

Cerro Sechín

Cerro Sechín is an archaeological site in , , . Cerro Sechín is situated nearby to the museum .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sechin and Museo Regional de Casma ‘Max Uhle’.

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Cerro Sechín is an archaeological site in the Casma Province of the Ancash Region in northern . Dating to 1600 BC, the site was discovered by Peruvian archaeologists Julio C.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 590 metres northeast of Cerro Sechín.

Archaeological site
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is a large archaeological site with ruins dating from 3500 BCE to 1300 BCE, making it not only one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Western Hemisphere, but also one of the oldest civilization centers on earth, although is nearly twice as old. is situated 2 km north of Cerro Sechín.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Casma.

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is a city in the coastal desert of , located 330 kilometers northwest of Lima. It is the capital of the and the third most populous city in the Ancash Region with an estimated population of 29,343.

Cerro Sechín

Latitude
-9.48351° or 9° 29′ 1″ south
Longitude
-78.26103° or 78° 15′ 40″ west
Open location code
6723GP8Q+HH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 553333216
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
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