Two chambers discovered in Peru may reveal new insights about the political rituals of the ancient Moche civilization, which ruled on the country's desert coast around 1,500 years ago. The chamber ...

Resting atop a rocky outcrop in Peru’s Nepeña Valley is Pañamarca: an architectural trove built between 550 and 800 C.E. that now holds countless remnants of the Moche people. For decades, ...

On the northern coast of Peru, archaeologists have peeled back layers of history to reveal something astonishing — a throne room, nearly 1,300 years old, that hints at a powerful woman’s reign. It’s a ...

After a four-year search that enlisted the help of 10 students and a local shaman, Swiss archeologist Sâm Ghavami has rediscovered a 100-foot-long pre-Hispanic mural in northern Peru. Dating back ...

A recent art exhibit in Lima, Peru used art for good in an unexpected—yet creative way. Displayed in all its glory at the city’s Museo Larco, ancient erotic art ceramics created by the pre-Columbian ...

The archaeological discovery of Pañamarca, located in the Ancash region of Peru, has been internationally recognized as one of the most significant finds of 2024, according to the prestigious ...

LIMA, Peru — In Huanchaco, a small beach town on the Pacific, fishermen still use caballitos de totora--small, reed fishing boats that date from the Mochica culture of the first millennium. Carrying ...

More than 1,500 years ago, an ancient Andean society of desert dwellers ruled the northern coast of Peru. Before Incan civilization and Hispanic conquest, the sophisticated Moche people lived from the ...

A 1950 photograph taken at Pañamarca shows Mural C shortly after it was exposed by American archaeologist Richard Schaedel. The painting depicts eight figures—likely warriors and priests—standing as ...

Cusco, Peru — In 1923, Rafael Larco Hoyle came home to Peru after nine years studying in the U.S. His father gave him a present: a 1,000-year-old piece of pottery, a startlingly realistic portrait ...