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Video

Homepage video: excerpts from "Inca site Q'inqu Pérou (video 2011)" by Pierre André Leclercq, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The footage has been trimmed, cropped and re-encoded, and the adapted clip is available under the same licence.

Photographs

Image	Author	Licence	Original
Turquoise pools and cascades in the Nor Yauyos-Cochas reserve	Chasquido breve	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
River canyon in the Nor Yauyos-Cochas reserve	Chasquido breve	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Rock towers of the Huayllay stone forest	Jomel Contreras Espinoza	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Eroded rock formations at Huayllay	Jomel Contreras Espinoza	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Boulders and towers in the Huayllay stone forest	Jomel Contreras Espinoza	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Mountain valley in the Nor Yauyos-Cochas reserve	Heiner Amado Cadillo	CC BY-SA 3.0	Source
Stone wall of Kuélap on its ridge	BrunoLocatelli	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Ruined round buildings inside Kuélap	JYB Devot	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Green escarpment with the Gocta waterfall	Srooose	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The Gocta waterfall dropping over a limestone cliff	Draceane	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The Utcubamba river between Chachapoyas and Leymebamba	Pitxiquin	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Limestone escarpments on the road from Chachapoyas to Kuélap	Draceane	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The Laguna de los Cóndores in mist	Futuropopular	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Model of the cliff tombs of the Laguna de los Cóndores	Qpqqy	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The rock shelter of Guitarrero Cave seen from outside	Roxana Sepúlveda	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
View from inside Guitarrero Cave towards the mountains	Roxana Sepúlveda	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Landscape of the Callejón de Huaylas in Áncash	Michael junior obregon pozo	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Stream flowing out of the entrance of the Gruta de Huagapo	Ottocarotto	CC BY-SA 3.0	Source
The valley of Tarma in the Andes of Junín	Ottocarotto	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Limestone cliff at Karajía with the ledge of the sarcophagi	PsamatheM	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The sarcophagi of Karajía on their cliff ledge	PsamatheM	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Row of Chachapoya sarcophagi at Karajía	PsamatheM	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Clay sarcophagi with painted faces at Karajía	PsamatheM	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Limestone cliffs at Lauricocha	Waterloo1883	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Stone gateway at the entrance to the Lauricocha caves	Waterloo1883	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
High grassland near Lake Lauricocha	Waterloo1883	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Cliff and stream valley at Lauricocha	Waterloo1883	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Rock overhang of a shelter at Lauricocha	Waterloo1883	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Walkway leading into the large entrance of the Cueva de las Lechuzas	Pitxiquin	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Stalactites in the Cueva de las Lechuzas	Pitxiquin	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Daylight seen from deep inside the Cueva de las Lechuzas	Pitxiquin	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Dripstone on the walls of the Cueva de las Lechuzas	Pitxiquin	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Roof formations in the Cueva de las Lechuzas	Pitxiquin	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Entrance area of Tingo María National Park	Pitxiquin	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The Monzón river near the Cueva de las Lechuzas	Pitxiquin	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Road towards the Bella Durmiente range near Tingo María	Pitxiquin	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The town of Tingo María seen from a viewpoint	Pitxiquin	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Oilbird perched among vegetation	Dominic Sherony	CC BY-SA 2.0	Source
Two oilbirds on a ledge	The Lilac Breasted Roller	CC BY 2.0	Source
Young oilbird on a rock in a cave	JYB Devot	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Oilbird roosting on a branch	Dominic Sherony	CC BY-SA 2.0	Source
Caver in a passage of the Cueva de Palestina	JYB Devot	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Film crew standing in the stream of a cave in the Alto Mayo	JYB Devot	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Caver beside the underground stream in the Cueva de Palestina	JYB Devot	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Limestone outcrop at the entrance of the Cueva de Palestina	JYB Devot	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Hillside at Pikimachay with the path to the rock shelter	Johnattan Rupire	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Aerial view of the slope at Pikimachay	Johnattan Rupire	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Steps climbing to Pikimachay from the road	Johnattan Rupire	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Standing stone and carved limestone outcrop at Qenqo	Haakon S. Krohn	CC BY-SA 3.0	Source
Carved chamber inside the rock at Qenqo	Nina Reicer	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The standing stone in the amphitheatre at Qenqo	Nina Reicer	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Wide view of the Qenqo archaeological site	Nina Reicer	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Stone wall at Qenqo above Cusco	Nina Reicer	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Broad stalagmite in Quiocta Cavern	StLBottle	CC0	Source
Stalagmites inside Quiocta Cavern	StLBottle	CC0	Source
Chamber in Quiocta Cavern lit by torch	Elisolidum	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Red and cream tomb houses of Revash under a cliff overhang	PsamatheM	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
The Revash tombs seen across the vegetation	PsamatheM	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Cliff at Revash with red pictographs	PsamatheM	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source
Limestone cliff of Revash above the valley	PsamatheM	CC BY-SA 4.0	Source