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Price per Person: US$ 80.00<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Toro Muerto Petroglyphs are located in the Majes valley, Uraca district, northwest of the city of Arequipa at a distance of approximately 163 km. from Arequipa 2 hours and 30 minutes by car. Perhaps it is the richest area of \u200b\u200brock art in the world. Toro Muerto is an open book silenced by the passage of time .<\/p>\n

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Tour to the petroglyphs of Toro Muerto<\/h4>\n

Price per Person: US$80.00<\/strong> (Minimum 2 participants).<\/p>\n

Duration: 07 hours approx.<\/p>\n

The Toro Muerto Petroglyphs are located in the Majes valley, Uraca district, northwest of the city of Arequipa at a distance of approximately 163 km. from Arequipa 2 hours and 30 minutes by car. Perhaps it is the richest area of \u200b\u200brock art in the world.<\/p>\n

Toro Muerto is an open book silenced by the passage of time, the figures there represent plants, animals, anthropomorphic beings and geometric shapes in an approximate area of \u200b\u200b5 km. The ancient carvers used various objects to give impressions to the stones, with various techniques. such as striking, scratching, chipping and percussion. The magic of the desert and its mystical messages engraved on its stones remain in a deep repose of time.<\/p>\n

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Recognitions:<\/strong>
\nDeclared a World Heritage Site at the First World Rock Congress in 1986.
\nDeclared Cultural Heritage of the Nation by the National Institute of Culture of Peru on January 29, 2002.
\nIn 2019 it was inscribed on the Tentative List of World Heritage of the 1972 UNESCO Convention, confirming the Outstanding Universal Value of the site.<\/p>\n

Studies:<\/strong>
\nAccording to research carried out in Hannover, Germany. This place has had influences from Wari, Collagua and Inca cultures.
\nThe French Mission project led by Henry Reichlen in 1965, among the cultural finds made were lithic tools, some of which probably could have been used for the production of petroglyphs.
\nThese materials are currently in the deposits of the Mus\u00e9e du quai Branly in Paris and in deposit \u201cG\u201d of the National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru in Lima.<\/p>\n

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  • Pick up from your Hotel in Arequipa.<\/li>\n
  • Private car Transportation<\/li>\n
  • Professional driver.<\/li>\n
  • Entry Tickets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • Lunch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

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