New Horrifying Secrets of Peru’s Ancient Civilizations Unearthed in The Andes The foothills of the Andes mountains are revealing their bloody secrets: the ancient skeletons of sacrificed children. Archaeologists have unearthed 29 human bodies entombed approximately 1,000 years ago at Huaca Santa Rosa de Pucalá, an archaeological site in the Lambayeque region of northwestern Peru. …

The Discovery of ancient Peruvian burial tombs sheds new light on Wari culture A team of archaeologists in northern Peru discovered the remains of 29 people, including three children, that could help experts rewrite the history of the pre-Incan Wari civilization, the lead researcher said on Friday. The skeletons were buried more than 1,000 years …

Gas pipe workers find 800-year-old bodies in Peru Gas pipe workers have discovered the remains of eight people, who were buried alongside musical instruments and food in Peru 800 years ago. Bodies of adults and children had been covered in plant material before being buried, at the site in Chilca, Peru, which is about 37 …

Archaeologists were amazed by Peru’s ‘mind-blowing’ ancient solar calendar built into the desert At 2,300 years old, the Chankillo observatory has been described as one of the oldest of its kind in the world — and the oldest in the Americas. It is a construction of 13 stone towers built atop a hill and was once used as …

Machu Picchu in Peru is 20 Years Older Than Previously Thought, Finds Study The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in Peru was occupied from around 1420-1530 AD, several decades earlier than previously thought, according to a new study. A team of researchers, led by Richard Burger, a professor of anthropology at Yale University, used radiocarbon …

4,500-year-old female mummy discovered in Peru This footage shows a 4,500-year-old mummy which has been unearthed by archaeologists in Peru. She is believed to be a noblewoman and can be seen wrapped in burial cloths. She was buried in the ancient fishing village of Aspero in northern Peru along with objects featuring carved details of …

1,200-Year-Old Telephone, Amazing Invention of the Ancient Chimu Civilization As a nomadic cultural historian, my subjects have led me in wildly different directions. I spent every Friday for five years in a dim, dusty reading room in West Orange, New Jersey, formerly a laboratory on the second floor of Thomas Edison’s headquarters, deciphering the blunt-pencilled …

The oldest civilisation in the Americas: Have you heard of it? Almost five thousand years ago, humankind came together in a way never seen before. We began to turn our backs on the traditional hunter-gatherer form of survival. Tribal communities based around families began to form into larger hierarchical systems. The techniques to build permanent …

The Mythical Peruvian Giants, Whose Skeletons Were Seen By Conquistadors There is one special area on our planet where there are especially many stories and legends about people of very large stature. Moreover, these stories are not thousands of years old, but only a few hundred. Stories about the Peruvian giants have been known since …