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500-year-old Chancay mummy found in northern Lima
Archaeologists in Peru announced Tuesday the discovery of the 500-year-old mummified remains of a woman from the pre-Columbian Chancay Culture (1100-1450 AD).
Amazon road could cut uncontacted tribes’ land in half
Peru’s Congress is about to approve a highly controversial road that will slash in half the territory of at least two uncontacted tribes.
Poll: Support Grows For Newmont’s Minas Conga Gold Project
A new poll by company GFK has found that national support for Newmont Mining’s massive Minas Conga gold project, located in Peru’s Cajamarca region, is increasing, daily El Comercio reported. The poll of 1,400 people, conducted between April 19 an…
One Million Tourists Visit Machu Picchu in 2011
The ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, uncovered from overgrowth and obscurity 100 years ago by U.S. explorer Hiram Bingham, will have received at least one million tourists by the end of this year, according to Percy Canales, president of the Natio…
Scientists glimpse inside a Peruvian mummy
By Daniel Nasaw and Matt Danzico In a small room lined with shelves of skulls, fossils, bones and antique violins, researchers are using advanced computer imaging to study priceless objects, including a mummy from Peru. So what’s inside? Some patients find CT scanners and other…
Cusco’s Casa Concha opens doors for Machu Picchu exhibition
Cusco’s Casa Concha, owned by the Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad de Cusco (UNSAAC), has opened its doors for two weeks to exhibit more than 360 artifacts from Machu Picchu that were recently returned by Yale University. The artifacts will be d…
Chincha official says 15% of province reconstructed since 2007 quake
An official from Peru’s Chincha province, 200 kms south of Lima in the Ica region, say that about 15% of the 30,000 houses damaged in the massive earthquake in 2007 have been reconstructed. “On the topic of housing, we have a very high deficit?…
New law protects Bay of Ancon from port project
Congress enacted a law this week that protects Ancon, the bay north of Lima, against any commercial, port or other activities that would affect the environmental and social conditions of the area. The law effectively scotches a $320 million project by …
Peru Gov’t looks to increase visitor limit to Machu Picchu
Peru’s Ministry of Tourism and Foreign Trade said Tuesday that a recent study supports more than doubling the number of visitors to Machu Picchu, the ancient Inca citadel perched on a mountain top in Cusco region. Currently, the daily limit on touris…
Susana Baca appointed Humala’s Culture Minister
Prominent Peruvian singer Susana Baca has been appointed to be the next Minister of Culture by President-elect Ollanta Humala, the incoming government announced by Twitter. Baca, 67, was born in Lima’s Chorrillos district and is a winner of the Latin…
German experts begin research on climate change in Mantaro valley
Forestry experts from Germany’s Dresden, University of Technology have begun research into the effects of climate change in Peru’s Mantaro valley, in central Junin department. The research is part of an agreement between Peru’s rural development …
