Ancient “Human Sacrifices” Found at Huaca Bandera
Announced last week, the 197-foot-long (60-meter-long) sacrificial chamber or passageway at the Huaca Bandera archaeological site belonged to the Moche culture.
August 1, 2010 | Archaeology, News
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Human remains found at Kuélap ruins
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of 79 Chachapoyans while carrying out restoration work at the hill-fortress of Kuelap in Northern Peru.
August 1, 2010 | Archaeology, News
Klaus Koschmieder – Latest Chachapoyan Discoveries
German archaeologist and explorer Klaus Koschmieder has made a huge number of discoveries relating to the Chachapoyan civilisation, single-handedly writing the book on the builders of the lost cities of Kuélap and Gran Pajaten.
July 26, 2010 | Amazonas Guide, Archaeology
New royal Sicán tomb discovered in Bosque de Pomac
The Pomac Forest, first home of the Sicán civilisation, has revealed another ancient secret. Under Las Ventanas, one of several adobe pyramids that poke out above the dry forest’s trees, one of the most ancient tombs of the elite has been discovered.
July 18, 2010 | Archaeology, News
Newly discovered Moche pyramid is “unusual”
A team of archaeologists who uncovered a 1,400 year old pyramid in Peru say that the finding is particularly unusual. The flat-topped pyramid, which was built by the Moche culture, was used for the living rather than just for the dead, and contains a wealth of artefacts, murals and human remains.
May 22, 2010 | Archaeology
Collapsed Sacsayhuamán wall reveals older adode wall
The heavy rains at the start of the year that caused damage to the walls of the ancient Sacsayhuamán site above the Inca imperial city of Cusco seem to have had at least one upside.
May 1, 2010 | Archaeology, News
Police recover Inca mummy among artefacts to sold on black market
A mummy of a 4 year old girl, as well as numerous Inca and pre-Inca ceramics were uncovered by police in two homes in the Cusco region, preventing them from being sold on the black market.
March 29, 2010 | Archaeology, News
Ceremonial huaca found at Salapunku site
Archaeologists working at the Salapunku site near Machu Picchu in Cusco have discovered a new ceremonial platform or huaca, a holy site used to make offerings to local apus.
March 24, 2010 | Archaeology, News
Neighbouring city of ancient Caral at risk
Era de Pando, a satellite city to the famous Caral of one of the earliest civilisations in the Americas thousands of years old, is in danger of being destroyed by locals.
March 23, 2010 | Archaeology, News
Nine of Lima’s huacas to form new tourist circuit
Nine of Lima’s many pre-Inca adobe pyramidal mounds, or huacas, will form part of a new tourist circuit. The plan will include modern lighting systems to light up the historical monuments at night.
March 15, 2010 | Archaeology, News
More tombs at the La Pava de Mochumí site
Five more tombs have been discovered at the La Pava de Mochumí where recently the 800 year old tomb of a shaman was found, just outside Chiclayo, the archaeology meca of Peru.
March 4, 2010 | Archaeology, News
Documentary: Nasca Lines: Buried Secrets
Readers in the US take note! This Sunday at 10 PM EST, the National Geographic Channel will be premiering a new documentary, Nasca Lines: Buried Secrets, from Edge West Productions, directed by celebrated British documentarian Philip J. Day.
February 18, 2010 | Archaeology, News
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