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A view of the 'Nunnery' building at the sacred Andean site of Pachacamac, south of Lima. The 'Nunnery' provided accommodation for female priests and was built by the Incas when they took over the site in the late 15th century CE.
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Girin, B. (2016, June 10). Nunnery, Pachacamac. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5195/nunnery-pachacamac/
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Girin, Bruno. "Nunnery, Pachacamac." World History Encyclopedia, June 10, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5195/nunnery-pachacamac/.
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