Roughly 1,000 years ago, the finishing touches were being made to a rectangular length of fabric. At first glance, the textile resembles…
Why were the bodies of a dozen newborn babies placed around the edge of a 1,000-year-old tomb?…
Tiffiny A. Tung University Press of Florida, £64.50 ISBN 978-0813037677 Between AD 600-1000, the Wari Empire represented one of the first politically…
The discovery of a 13th-century priestess at a ritual site in northern Peru is forcing a reassessment of the role of women…
The oldest corncobs unearthed in South America have been found in Peru. Dating to 6,700 years ago – at least 2,000 years…
Exactly 100 years ago, the explorer Hiram Bingham found Machu Picchu on the eastern slopes of Peru’s soaring Andes mountains. He was…
The 100th anniversary of the ‘rediscovery’ of Machu Picchu in July 1911 has been marked by the return to Peru of some…
The fact that llamas defecate communally so that their dung is easily gathered underpins the cultural achievement of the Inca civilisation and…
A team of archaeologists, working Peruvian Andes, has hailed as ‘sensational’ the discovery of three ‘ancestor stones’ on an isolated Andean mountainside.…
Machu Picchu symbolises the extent, technical skill, and productivity of the Inca Empire in its heyday.…
Human remains unearthed in Lima, capital of Peru, have yielded the first direct evidence of Inca deaths caused by Spanish conquerors around…
CWA investigates the unplundered tombs of the Moche culture 'Lords of Sipan', who were buried with dazzling splendour in the early centuries…
Second part of the Peru Special - the Moche Route of the Northern coast in more depth…