Huaca del Sol - in Trujillo,Peru - An adobe brick pyramid built by the Moche Culture to worship the sun. The archeaology site has both the Temple of the Sun and the Temple of the Moon. Between the two temple - they are excavating the royal city.
The Huaca del Sol is 148 feet tall and is the tallest adobe building in the Americas. Built with over 140 million bricks by 200,000 workers. It was built around 500 ad as part of the Moche culture.
The phenonomen El Nino - great rains have come with more frequency in recent years and has tremendously damaged the structure.
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