Pachacamac is located almost thirty kilometers south of today’s Lima, at the mouth of the Lurín River into the Pacific. For centuries, this place was a religious center on the Peruvian coast – a place of pilgrimage whose oracle was heard far beyond the region, and a burial place for the powerful of the Ychma culture. The coastal power ruled the valley between around 1000 and 1470 AD before the Inca finally incorporated it into their empire.
