Peruvian gas workers this week found a thousand-year-old mummy while installing pipes in Lima, their company said, confirming ...

In Peru, utility companies must hire archaeologists when drilling the earth, because of the possibility of hitting upon heritage sites. Calidda has made more than 2,200 archaeological finds since ...

Utility workers excavating trenches to expand the network of natural gas pipelines in Peru’s capital have uncovered a ...

The oldest evidence we have of preserved tattoos on human skin is from 5200 years ago on Ötzi the Iceman, who lived during ...

Four mummified llamas buried alive 500 years ago by the Inca Empire found perfectly preserved in Peru, revealing secrets of ...

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A pre-Inca mummy unearthed in Peru’s Puente Piedra district reveals details about a young woman’s life and ancient Chancay ...

The workers found the trunk of a huarango tree (a species native to coastal Peru), "which served as a tomb marker in the past," at a depth of 50 centimetres, archaeologist Jesus Bahamonde ...

Andean people of the past looked at these strings as a record of the climate, and they studied them to understand patterns.

Workers have uncovered a pre-Inca mummy approximately 1,000 years old, barely half a meter from the surface, while expanding ...

May 30, 2025 — A new species of velvet worm, Peripatopsis barnardi, represents the first ever species from the arid Karoo, which indicates that the area was likely historically more forested ...