Peru Archive
Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Cuzco is a beautiful ancient city in the Peruvian Andes. When the first Spaniards set foot there, they were stunned to see a
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - According to Inca mythology, Pachacamac was the god of fire and earthquakes and the child of the sun. Pacha means "Earth" and Camac
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Will we ever learn the truth about the mysterious three-fingered mummies with elongated skulls discovered at Nazca in Peru? These ancient mummies have
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A new study suggests the Incas intentionally built Machu Picchu -- as well as some of their cities -- in locations where tectonic
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Incas were known for their engineering practices, particularly water engineering. Their design of water systems was influenced by their strong beliefs in
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 of this series we discussed who they Inca were and where they came from. It soon became clear that the
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - It’s not the first time scientists rely on ancient knowledge to solve modern crisis. This time, researchers are investigating how it’s possible to
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The purpose of the Quipu has long puzzled scientists. The vast Inca Empire had a sophisticated and organized government, but they had no
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - There are many unanswered questions regarding the Inca’s marvelous engineering masterpiece known as Tipón. How did the Inca manage to reach this high level
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - Ancient Pages.com - Archaeologists have studied remnants of the Wari culture and found that beer was of great importance to these ancient people. In fact, beer
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Thousands of years ago people wore clothing with colorful patterns made from plant and animal-based dyes. Two ancient textile samples from China and Peru
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Hanging rope bridges (or the so-called suspension rope bridges) were built by the Inca over canyons, rivers, and ravines. They linked the Inca Empire,
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Officially, the Killke culture (900 to 1200 AD) is credited for building Sacsayhuamán. However, Sacsayhuaman may still be hundreds or even thousands of
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The "ayllu" was the traditional form of a community in the Inca society, especially among Quechuas and Aymaras, the indigenous people of South
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Covered by tropical forest in Peru, a large part of Chachabamba still remains unexplored, but scientists are now investigating a unique ceremonial complex within this
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A great number of archaeological sites and prehistoric monuments have revealed alignments towards celestial events that played an important role in the life of
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The 'Thirteen Towers of Chankillo' run north to south along a low ridge and form an artificial toothed horizon that spanned - almost exactly
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - New agencies report that twenty human-like wooden sculptures, each approximately 70 cm (27 inches) tall, have been unearthed at the Chan Chan archaeological complex in northern Peru.
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Ancient Symbols
David Tee - AncientPages.com - In a nutshell, the Chakana Cross is a simple 3-step cross that captivated the minds and imaginations of the ancient Inca people. As
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Sacred City of Caral is ancient, and its age is comparable to the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and Mesoamerica. Caral
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An ancient wall relief in Peru, belonging to the oldest civilizations in the Americas, has been unearthed at the ancient Caral site of
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - More than 3,000 years ago in what is now the lower Chao Valley in Peru, ancient people created five geoglyphs out of angular rocks, forming designs that
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Ancient Technology
AncientPages.com - Thousands of years, trepanation—the act of scraping, cutting, or drilling an opening into the cranium—was practiced around the world, primarily to treat head trauma, but possibly to
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Ancient Technology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Even with a highly skilled neurosurgeon, the most effective anesthesia, and all the other advances of modern medicine, most of us would cringe
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Archaeological discoveries keep reminding us of Peru’s remarkable ancient history. Many places in Peru are still shrouded in mystery and we can look forward to interesting archaeological
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - On the Peruvian coast, the natives worshiped a fish god named Pachacamac (or Pacha Kamaq) - "The One Who Generates (or animates) the World".
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - An intact mummy in especially good condition has been unearthed by a team of researchers from the Université libre de Bruxelles's centre for archaeological research (CReA-Patrimoine), excavating an
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The AFP reports that researchers Ricardo Fujita and Jose Sandoval of Lima's University of San Martin de Porresit have been able to successfully trace the DNA of the
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Every ancient culture had some form of afterlife beliefs and these were reflected in their burial customs. As previously mentioned on Ancient Pages, Sumerians for example, respected
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Archaeoastronomy
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The magnificent Inca Machu Picchu ruins fascinate people of the modern world. Standing on the highest elevation within the Inca citadel is the
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Not all knowledge of our ancestors is lost forever and there is still much to be learned from ancient people and their methods
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - There seems to be no ending to the amount of Nazca geoglyphs. As many as 50 giants figures have been unearthed by drones, Peruvian archaeologists report.
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Peru have found thousands of stone objects that could offer more information about the first people who inhabited Peru. Based on the preliminary examination
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered impressive Inca agricultural terraces and enclosures in Cusco, Peru. While excavating at Qentepata area of Chinchero Archaeological Park, situated an hour from South Andean
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Body modification was very important to several ancient civilizations. In Mesoamerica the Aztecs, the Maya as well as the Olmecs practiced extensive body modification often for ritual or ceremonial
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Lady Cao was not just one of many mummies archaeologists have unearthed in various parts of the world. Discoveries of her remains re-wrote ancient
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A team of researchers from the Royal Tombs Museum of Sipan unearthed a pre-Hispanic Mochica site, alongside artifacts and human remains in the ruins of the Limon archaeological
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The original purpose of ancient artifacts known as cog stones is not entirely clear. These curious artifacts have been found throughout the Southern California
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPage.com - The enigmatic Palpa lines in Peru are not as famous as the Nazca Lines, but these puzzling lines and geoglyphs that can only be
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Inti Raymi is Inca’s Sun Festival, traditionally celebrated at Cuzco on June 24, which marks the winter solstice, the shortest day of the
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The Chachapoyas were the original inhabitants of cloud forests of northern Peru, above the river valleys of the Utcubamba and Marañon. Today, they are particularly well-known for
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - There are many enigmatic ancient geoglyphs in the Nazca Desert, in southern Peru. Stretching across nearly 200 square miles of high arid plateau the Nazca lines are legendary
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