Bolivia/Peru Photo Index

Impressions of
Peru 2/20/13
Sillustani Burial Towers

by Serge Kahili King


A distant view of the towers from Sillustani town.



An interesting church on the side of the roadway up.



Souvenir tables along the way.



Here's where you buy the bulls for the roof.



Entrance to the complex.



The principal Inca burial tower.



Close-up of the very fine stonework.



The other side was destroyed by Spanish treasure-hunters.



A much older burial site.



An entrance to the tower.



Inside a partially contructed tower.



A pre-Inca burial tower.



Our guide picking muña for us to smell.



This is what the plant looks like up close.



This is what it looks like up very close.



On the way back we passed a rock with a spiral petroglyph.


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