In Popular Culture
- Pachacamac was the name of the ship that carried the abducted Professor Calculus in The Seven Crystal Balls of The Adventures of Tintin. In the next book, Prisoners of the Sun, Pachacamac was the name of the Sun god worshiped by an ancient Incan tribe still active in South America.
- A character in the video game Sonic Adventure is named Pachacamac after the ancient ruin.
- Pachacamac was also the name of the main villain in Juken Sentai Gekiranger vs. Boukenger, a crossover direct-to-video movie.
- West German group Alphaville included a song named "Girl from Pachacamac" in their 2003 album CrazyShow.
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