The cleaning project quickly morphed into an archaeological survey after the team found a row of distinctive bricks.

Cavers spot coin stuck between rock formations — and find ancient Roman site in Spain The chamber of Cova de les Dones where an ancient Roman coin and inscriptions were found. Photo from A.

Even plain old metal detecting — often by amateurs — revealed stunning finds, including the ... in a pre-Incan culture in Peru was the most read archaeology story on Live Science in 2024.

A multidisciplinary research team in the Archaeology Zone in Chupacigarro, Peru, discovered an ancient pyramidal structure.

The mummified remains that Pittman and colleagues examined were originally discovered in 1981 at the Cerro Colorado cemetery archaeological site in the Huaura Valley of Peru. Now housed in a ...

Chinkana, meaning labyrinth, is an archaeological site beneath the city of Cusco in Peru, which was the capital of the Incan ...

A new laser-based technique has revealed the intricate details of tattoos on centuries-old mummies in Peru, archaeologists report in a new study. However, not everyone is convinced that the new ...

to examine tattoos on more than 100 sets of mummified human remains from Peru’s Chancay culture. Tattoos will bleed and fade over time, making the design harder to see and evaluate. Pittman said ...

Researchers are using lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on the mummies from Peru. It is not clear ... at the Tennessee Division of Archaeology, who was not involved ...

Photo from Caral Archaeological Zone, Executive Unit 003 of Peru's Ministry of Culture As workers in Peru removed some overgrown trees from an archaeological site, they noticed some distinctive ...