– By Paul Goulder – It is worth examining the significance of the discovery of the tomb of a Wari noble at the Espiritu Pampa archaeological site, an “aristocrat” who has been named variously Lord Vilca, Huari, Wari and (here) Vilc…
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Lord of Wari on show in Inca city of Cusco
Funeral treasures from the recent discovery of a Wari leader’s tomb in Espiritu Pampa are on show in Cusco until the second week in March, when they will be removed for further restoration work. The exhibition –The Vilca Lords—was opened this p…
Tremors offshore from Lima just hours before nationwide Quake and Tsunami Drill
Two tremors were felt in Lima Saturday noon, just hours before a planned nationwide earthquake and tsunami drill took place at 8pm. The first tremor was at 12:02 m, with a magnitude of 5º Richter, with its epicenter offshore some 30kms north of Li…
Peru’s National Library seeks to recover antique books, closes access to collection for inventory
Peru’s National Library, BNP, has begun a campaign to recover more than 600 titles that have gone missing from its rare book collection. The titles include gold-embossed tomes, parchments and microfilms of books printed between the 16th and 19th cent…
Floods damage crops, roads and housing in Andean highlands
Floods caused by the rise of the Ilave and Zapatilla Rivers in Puno have damaged crops and the homes of 308 families in the El Collao province, according to Puno’s regional president, Mauricio Rodriguez. Working with the military, who are building…
Central Bank issues new Nuevo Sol coin
The Central Bank has issued a new One Nuevo Sol coin, the fourth in a series on “riches and pride of Peru.” The drawing of a Sillustani funeral tower or chullpa is on the obverse of the coin. Previous issues include illustration of a golden Tum…
Germany contributes 60 mn euros to forestry conservation projects
Peru and Germany have signed a joint strategy agreement in which Germany will contribute approximately 60 million euros for forestry conservation, state news agency Andina reported. The four-year strategy is for Sustainable Rural Development – Manage…
Peru suspends diplomatic relations with Libya
The government suspended diplomatic ties with Libya today, aiming to underscore its protest against the repression imposed by Lybia’s leader, Muammar Gaddafi. “Peru strongly protests against the repression unleashed by the dictatorship of Muam…
Svalbard seed vault to take Peruvian potato samples
Farmers in Peru are sending 1,500 varieties of potatoes to a “doomsday vault” in the Arctic Circle in order to safeguard the tubers’ future.
Paved Inter-Oceanic Highway Jeopardizes Carbon-offset Plans
High gold prices and the resurfaced Inter-Oceanic Highway are encouraging the migration of hundreds of informal miners to Madre de Dios region in search of the precious metal, and are jeopardizing the Peruvian government’s plans for carbon-offset de…
El Comercio gets huge cache of Wikileaked cables about Peru
Peru’s leading daily newspaper, El Comercio, announced in its Sunday edition that it has received more than 4,000 U.S. State Department diplomatic cables from Wikileaks. The newspaper revealed two of the cables on Sunday. The first covers a c…
Amazon at risk due to droughts
The weather phenomena of the last five years have produced an alarming quantity of carbon dioxide, alerts study.
