In a recent study, Dr. Weronika Tomczyk and her colleagues conducted a zooarchaeological and isotopic study of ancient Andean condor bones from an archaeological site Castillo de Huarmey, providing ...

High up in the mountains of Peru’s Amazonas region, in the 1,000-year-old city of Kuélap, archaeologists have unearthed a unique tower tomb with a set of bones buried inside. The discovery was made at ...

Researchers uncovered a circular structure on a hillside in Peru’s northern Barranca province, including the remains of stone and mud buildings constructed at about 600m (1,970ft) above sea level ...

Officials said the ancient city of Kuélap is the most important archaeological site in northeastern Peru. Photo by Peru's Ministry of Culture. High up in the mountains of Peru’s Amazonas region, in ...

From a distance, a stepped stone silhouette on Peru’s coast can look uncannily like something lifted from the Nile. The resemblance is striking enough that visitors often reach for Egyptian ...

The items were found in several stalls at the Chiclayo Model Market, officials said. Photo by Peru's Ministry of Culture Peru officials, with the help of archaeologists, seized numerous priceless ...

A researcher has documented a cleft lip in an ancient mummified head from the Andes, a condition that may have been seen as a "blessing" rather than a disability. When you purchase through links on ...

Introduction -- Discovering ancient trepanation -- Differential diagnosis of holes in the head -- Early explorations: the central highlands of Peru -- Origins of Peruvian trepanation: Paracas and the ...

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LIMA (Reuters) -A small sculpture of two toads, and other water-linked symbols found near the Peruvian city of Caral - once the oldest city on the continent - have helped archaeologists confirm that ...

Chachapoyas means “cloud forest” or “people of the clouds.” It refers to a pre-Incan civilization found in northern Peru. And when you’re standing atop the ancient Kuélap Fortress—at an elevation of ...

LIMA (Reuters) - She died in her twenties some 1,700 years ago, and is believed to have ruled over a desert valley in ancient Peru where her elaborately tattooed body was buried with weapons and gold ...