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 [...]