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Museo de Oro

Fodor's Review:

All that glitters is not gold at this extremely popular museum. There's plenty of silver and other precious metals in this collection of Inca and pre-Inca treasures. When you see examples of how gold was used in these societies -- from a mantle made of postage-stamp-sized pieces worn by a Lambayeque priest to an intricately designed sheet that once decorated an entire wall of the Chimú capital of Chán Chán -- you can begin to imagine the opulence of these ancient cities. The museum has other interesting items, including a child's poncho of yellow feathers and a skull with a full set of pink quartz teeth. Upstairs are military uniforms and weapons. None of the displays are particularly well marked, either in English or Spanish, so you might want to see the museum as part of a city tour; it's a pretty good deal, as you'll save the cost of a taxi. At any rate, be prepared to pay one of the steepest admissions of any of South America's museums.

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