Chan Chan, the huge adobe town from Chimu time. Trujillo, Peru.
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Chan Chan

Chan Chan's monumental core covers about 6 km² of a city that once spread across 20 km² of earth.

Chimor, a conquest state, developed from the Chimú culture that established itself…

The largest earthen city in the ancient Americas is exposed to rare but heavy rain. How much should be spent to hold back the weather?

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Photo: Håkan Svensson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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