Gov’t to invest $356 million to develop northern tourism route

Peru’s government is planning to invest 1.0 billion soles ($356 million) over the next 3 years in the country’s northern regions on infrastructure to develop tourism, Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Eduardo Ferreyros said. Government tourism promotion agency PromPeru previously announced that it would start a marketing campaign in 2011 to promote tourism to the [...]

Skeletal remains of sacrificed Chimú woman found at Chan Chan

The well-preserved skeletal remains of a Chimú woman were found at Chan Chan, America’s largest pre-Hispanic mud-brick settlement, reported state news agency Andina on Tuesday. Archaeologists restoring the outer walls of the citadel’s Ñain-An Palace, or Birds’ House, encountered the remains. According to archeologist Raul Sosaya, the skeleton belongs to a 1.55-meter tall Chimú woman who died [...]

Archaeologists restore high adobe walls in ancient Chimu city of Chan Chan

A team of 500 archaeologists and workers has restored 2.5 kilometers of 12 meter-high walls in the city of Chan Chan – America’s largest pre-Hispanic mud-brick settlement – after rains in Peru’s normally arid northern coast caused ancient walls to crack and frieze murals to break off. The walls, restored after many months of painstaking [...]