New archaeological finds from ancient city of Caral to be exhibited throughout the month of June

Newly discovered archaeological finds from the ancient city of Caral will be put on display throughout the month of June in Vichama, an agricultural town located about 124 miles north of Lima on Peru’s coast, state news agency Andina reported Tuesday.

Tallán mummy found at Huaca El Loro sheds light on Sican contact with other ethnic groups

Archaeologists excavating Huaca El Loro in Poma,  near the city of Chiclayo in northern Peru, found a 1,000 year-old Tallán mummy, wearing a distinctive headdress, facemask and chest plate and surrounded by gold and silver ornaments, buried in a lavish Sicán tomb.
According to the leading archeologist at the excavations, Izumi Shimada, the 1,000 year-old remains, [...]

Flooding threatens Kotosh temple

The director of Peru’s National Institute of Culture, INC, in Huánuco Department says possible flooding of the Higueras River due to heavy rains threatens to damage the Kotosh archaeological temple, considered one of the oldest temples in the Americas. Carlos Ortega told Agencia Andina there is a high risk the side of the archaeological temple [...]

INC dismisses archeological fortress as mythical lost city

A team of archeologists from the National Institute of Culture, INC, has reportedly dismissed claims an alleged archaeological fortress buried beneath thick, jungle vegetation was a mythical lost city. Instead the INC found the stone structures at the site were formed by natural forces, not Inca stone work, National Geographic reported.
An expedition uncovered the site [...]

Archaeologists uncover 5,500-year-old Peruvian ruins

A team of Peruvian and German archeologists have dated ruins in northern Peru to 5,500-years-old, making it one of the oldest structures in the Americas, El Comercio reported. The archaeologists confirmed the antiquity of the stone and adobe structures in the Sechín Bajo archaeological complex, located close to the coastal city of Casma, in [...]

Pre-Inca religious complex confirmed in northern Peru

Authorities in northern Peru have confirmed the finding of a religious complex from the pre-Inca Vicús culture, known for producing unique ceramic and gold work from 100 BC to AD 400. With an area of 3,500 square-meters, the site was initially uncovered by construction workers on Jan. 22. Archaeologists from the National Culture Institute, INC, [...]