1,200-Year-Old Telephone, Amazing Invention of the Ancient Chimu Civilization As a nomadic cultural historian, my subjects have led me in wildly different directions. I spent every Friday for five years in a dim, dusty reading room in West Orange, New Jersey, formerly a laboratory on the second floor of Thomas Edison’s headquarters, deciphering the blunt-pencilled … Continue reading 1,200-Year-Old Telephone, Amazing Invention of the Ancient Chimu Civilization →

The oldest civilisation in the Americas: Have you heard of it? Almost five thousand years ago, humankind came together in a way never seen before. We began to turn our backs on the traditional hunter-gatherer form of survival. Tribal communities based around families began to form into larger hierarchical systems. The techniques to build permanent … Continue reading The oldest civilisation in the Americas: Have you heard of it? →

The Mythical Peruvian Giants, Whose Skeletons Were Seen By Conquistadors There is one special area on our planet where there are especially many stories and legends about people of very large stature. Moreover, these stories are not thousands of years old, but only a few hundred. Stories about the Peruvian giants have been known since … Continue reading The Mythical Peruvian Giants, Whose Skeletons Were Seen By Conquistadors →

Peru archaeologists find a hall for human sacrifice Archaeologists discovered an ancient ritual ground used by a Pre-Columbian civilization for human sacrifices on Peru’s northern coast. The finding appears to support existing hypotheses about a ritual known as “the introduction” performed by the Moche people, an agricultural culture that existed between 100 B.C. and 800 … Continue reading Peru archaeologists find a hall for human sacrifice →

Fossil Found of Ancient Four-Legged Whale that Could Walk on Land The four-legged creature above resembles an otter or a platypus at first glance. In fact, it’s a 42.6 million-year-old whale with a length of 13 feet. In a new study published in the journal Current Biology, palaeontologists have documented their discovery of this whale … Continue reading Fossil Found of Ancient Four-Legged Whale that Could Walk on Land →

3,200-Year-Old Spider Mural Identified in Peru The Guardian reports that a 3,200-year-old mural on a mudbrick structure situated near a river in northwestern Peru depicts a knife-wielding spider god associated with rain and fertility. The image was painted with yellow, grey, and white paint in addition to ochre.  The wall of the 15m x 5m … Continue reading 3,200-Year-Old Spider Mural Identified in Peru →

Chinese Skeletons Found in Ancient Peruvian Pyramid Archaeologists exploring Peru’s pre-Colombian past recently unearthed a glimpse of a less prominent chapter in the Andean country’s history – the remains of 16 Chinese labourers from around the turn of the last century. The bodies, thought to be those of indentured workers brought to Peru to replace … Continue reading Chinese Skeletons Found in Ancient Peruvian Pyramid →

The Oldest City in The Americas Is an Archeological Wonder, And It’s Under Invasion The oldest archaeological site in the Americas, having survived for 5,000 years, is under threat from squatters that claim that the coronavirus pandemic has left them with no other option but to occupy the sacred city. The government wants to take … Continue reading The Oldest City in The Americas Is an Archeological Wonder, And It’s Under Invasion →

An unusual pre-Hispanic chimú burial was discovered in Peru In an archaeological discovery in Peru, a pre-Hispanic burial belonging to the Chimu Culture was discovered on Wednesday by government workers who carried out domestic gas connection works very close to an urban area in the city of Chimbote, in the Ancash district. Juan Lopez Marchena, … Continue reading An unusual pre-Hispanic chimú burial was discovered in Peru →