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“On a street corner, under a garbage dump, at a construction site — pre-Inca archeological sites abound in Lima, where the ruins of hundreds of sacred places, or “huacas”, are at the mercy of urban growth and public indifference.
In the middle of the Miraflores residential district, one of Lima’s best restaurants opens onto the terrace of an ancient pyramid, offering fine food in a 1,500 year-old setting bathed in artificial lighting.
The Huaca Pucllana, the city’s archeological star, has been impeccably preserved thanks to a partnership with the restaurant, but the rare public-private initiative is an exception to the rule.
About three kilometers (two miles) away, in the densely populated Chorrillos neighborhood, a sign marks the existence of an “intangible archeological zone”. Its base is heaped with garbage. A small Catholic shrine sits in the middle of the huaca, built “thanks to the patronage” of the local mayor, as another sign says.”
