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Peru
Security cameras recorded a strange object in a Barranca waterfront. Some claim it was a UFO. By Inexplicata 3-16-18 An unidentified flying object crossing the skies of Barranca was picked…
A team of Peruvian archaeologists has found a 1,300-year-old pre-Hispanic cemetery near Lima's main zoo, a researcher said Friday. Credit: Diffusion "We have found three human burials that b…
The idea of binding and reshaping a baby's head may make today's parents cringe, but for families in the Andes between 1100-1450, cranial modification was all the rage. Starting around 1300, …
Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed three 19th-century mummies of Chinese immigrants. The bodies were found inside their wooden coffins by workers of Calidda, a natural gas distributor in Lima and …
The Peruvian government has ordered increased security at the country's world famous Nazca lines after a truck driver ploughed his vehicle through the ancient archaeological site. This Peruvian M…
A long-buried group of enclosures and agricultural terraces have been discovered at an archaeological park in the southern Peruvian region of Cuzco, officials said Wednesday. Undated photo shows work…
It has long been recognized that the Inka incorporated diverse peoples into their empire, but how these ethnic groups developed historically during the political upheaval of the preceding Late Interm…
Archaeologists have discovered two chambers used for political ceremonies on Peru’s desert coast more than 1,500 years ago that had previously only been glimpsed in the illustrations of the ancient M…
Peru has recovered 79 pre-Hispanic textiles that have been illegally located in Sweden since 1935, the ministry of culture said. Textiles belonging to the pre-Inca Paracas culture, dating to 700 BCE-…
Archaeologists have learned a great deal about “the Huarmey Queen” in the five years since they discovered the tomb at El Castillo de Huarmey in Peru and found her body inside. The reconstruction of …
Research works at Espiritu Pampa archaeological site in Southern Cusco region led to the discovery of an astronomical observatory, massive stone walls, as well as ceramics and other pieces of evidenc…
The Chachapoyas region was conquered by the Inca Empire in the late 15th century. Knowledge of the fate of the local population has been based largely on Inca oral histories, written down only decade…
Researchers have confirmed that a geoglyph discovered in a Peru desert is that of a killer whale. The image of the orca has been etched into the hillside in the legendary Nazca Lines — an archaeologi…
From her small home near two golf courses and three slums, Gianina Rojas gazes up at a crumbling adobe pyramid, remnants of the vast Inca empire that flourished more than six centuries ago. In this S…
A fire destroyed a 2,000-year-old mural and much of the vestiges of an archaeological site in northern Peru on Sunday, the director of the Tumbas Reales de Sipan Museum said. Smoke hangs over the sce…
Nazca “alien mummy” revealed in promotional video featuring serial hoaxer You know, our catchphrase used to be “people really believe this stuff” and I’m always amazed at how many times one in…
