Gigantic 2,000-Year-Old Killer Whale Geoglyph Found in Peru Desert Archeologists have rediscovered a giant geoglyph of the killer whale that has been carved to a desert hillside in the remote Palpa region of southern Peru for over fifty years. According to researchers, the 230-foot orca figure, called in ancient Peruvian soul a strong semimythical creature, … Continue reading Gigantic 2,000-Year-Old Killer Whale Geoglyph Found in Peru Desert →

Archaeologists find a 3,000-year-old megalithic temple in Peru A 3,000-year-old megalithic ‘water cult’ temple used for fertility rituals has been discovered in Peru by a team of Peruvian archaeologists. The religious monument is over 131ft long and is located in the springs of the Zaña Valley river about 500miles from Lima, the modern capital of … Continue reading Archaeologists find a 3,000-year-old megalithic temple in Peru →

City of Gold: The lost city of Paititi may be the Most Lucrative Historical Find Many explorers have died searching for Paititi: the Lost City of Gold and many became convinced that the city was hidden in the last undiscovered regions of the Amazon. The infamous journeys to discover Paititi was also what inspired Sir … Continue reading City of Gold: The lost city of Paititi may be the Most Lucrative Historical Find →

The Ancient Ruins On and Beneath the Sacred Lake Titicaca Marine archaeologists have discovered an ancient ceremonial site identified as exceptional in the Andes, recovering ritual offerings and the remains of slaughtered animals from a reef in the centre of Lake Titicaca. The extraordinary haul points to a history of highly charged ceremonies in which the … Continue reading The Ancient Ruins On and Beneath the Sacred Lake Titicaca →

Archaeologists Find 5,500-year-old Plaza in Peru A team of German and Peruvian archaeologists says they have discovered the oldest known monument in Peru: a 5,500-year-old ceremonial plaza near Peru’s north-central coast.  Carbon dating of material from the site revealed it was built between 3500 BC and 3000 BC, Peter Fuchs, a German archaeologist who headed … Continue reading Archaeologists Find 5,500-year-old Plaza in Peru →

Ancient city discovered deep in Amazonian rainforest linked to the legendary white-skinned Cloud People of Peru A lost city discovered deep in the Amazon rainforest could unlock the secrets of a legendary tribe. Little is known about the Cloud People of Peru, an ancient, white-skinned civilization wiped out by disease and war in the 16th … Continue reading Ancient city discovered deep in Amazonian rainforest linked to the legendary white-skinned Cloud People of Peru →

Chachapoyas Children’s Cemetery Found in Peru Archaeologists reported on the unique culture of the Chachapoyan people, a society of Andean people living in the cloud forests of the Amazonas region of present-day Peru, otherwise known as the ‘Warriors of the Clouds’. The Chachapoyas are known for their incredible sarcophagi, known as purunmachu. The sarcophagi were … Continue reading Chachapoyas Children’s Cemetery Found in Peru →

Mass Child Sacrifice Discovered in Peru May Be World’s Largest In Peru ‘s coastal plain, archeologists who excavated what is believed to be the world’s largest children’s sacrifice site have extracted the skeletons of 227 young victims. Ever since last year teams have been digging at the sacrificial site of Huanchaco, a tourist town on the … Continue reading Mass Child Sacrifice Discovered in Peru May Be World’s Largest →

Gigantic 2,000-Year-Old Geoglyph of an Orca Is One of the Earliest in Peru A giant geoglyph of the killer whale, carved to a desert hillside in the remote Palpa region of southern Peru after being lost to science for over 50 years, has now been rediscovered by archeologists. According to the researchers, the 230-foot-long (70 … Continue reading Gigantic 2,000-Year-Old Geoglyph of an Orca Is One of the Earliest in Peru →