PERU ARCHAEOLOGY
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Tomb of personage with strong bonds to the sea sheds further light on pre-Inca Peru
By Carla Samon Ros Huaral province, Peru, May 19 (EFE).- Peruvian archaeologists have discovered the tomb of an elite figure…
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Andean cross found at Peru temple ruins may be oldest ever
By Carla Samon Ros Lima, May 15 (EFE).- A group of archaeologists has discovered a nearly 4,000-year-old temple complex on…
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2nd ritual bath used by Inca royalty discovered at Peru archaeological site
Lima, Apr 13 (EFE).- A second ritual bath used by Inca royalty was found in central Peru’s Huanuco Pampa archaeological…
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Archaeologists: Peace reigned within Americas’ oldest civilization
By Paula Bayarte Lima, Oct 17 (EFE).- Neither weapons nor walls. The Caral civilization, the most ancient in the Americas,…
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Advanced aqueduct technology sustained Peru’s ancient Nazca culture
By Paula Bayarte Nazca, Peru, Jul 5 (EFE).- The dusty and desertified landscape of Ica, on Peru’s southern coast, was…
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Pre-Inca archaeological site yields 8 child sacrificial victims
Lima, Feb 22 (EFE).- Archaeologists working at the excavations in Cajamarquilla, Peru’s second-largest pre-Inca city, have found two new bundles…
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A treasure on Lima’s outskirts: Rope-bound mummy with hands over face
By Fernando Gimeno Lima, Dec 10 (EFE).- Bound from head to toe by ropes and with hands covering the face,…
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Discovery in Peru shows Andes adobe architecture dates back over 5,000 years
By Fernando Gimeno Lima, Nov 26 (EFE).- The earliest known monumental adobe structure in the Americas has been unearthed from…
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Study: Oldest civilization in Americas used astronomy to orient buildings
By Fernando Gimeno Lima, Nov 18 (EFE).- Caral, a civilization that flourished around 5,000 years ago in what is today…
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Mass grave in ancient Peruvian city surprises archaeologists
By Carla Samon Ros Lima, Nov 12 (EFE).- Peru’s Chan Chan Archaeological Zone, site of what was the largest earthen…
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