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Human Remains Found Inside an Underground Canal Sealed in a 1,400-Year-Old Ritual at Huaca Pucllana
Archaeologists excavating Huaca Pucllana in Lima have found human remains inside an underground canal that appears to have been deliberately sealed during a ritual about 1,400 years ago. The discovery, made during the site’s 2026 excavation season, comes from a context preliminarily dated to around AD 650 and associated with the Lima culture. Peru’s Ministry…
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1,100-Year-Old Puma-Headed Vessel Unearthed at Peru’s Marcahuamachuco
Archaeologists working at Marcahuamachuco in northern Peru have uncovered a ceramic vessel modeled with the head of a puma, providing new evidence about ceremonial activity at one of the most important archaeological centers in the northern Peruvian Andes. The vessel was recovered during archaeological research and conservation work in the West Wall subsector of Marcahuamachuco,…
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1,300-Year-Old Peruvian Hairless Dogs Found in Wari Tombs Were Fed Like Children
Peruvian Hairless Dogs were more than familiar animals in the ancient Andes. New research from Castillo de Huarmey in Peru suggests that some of them lived close to people, received special care as puppies, and may have entered the world of the dead as symbolic companions. Archaeologists studying animal remains from the Wari-period site on…
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Inca Child Sacrifices May Have Continued Long After Death, New CT Scans Reveal
High in the Andes, where thin air and freezing temperatures preserve the past with brutal clarity, the bodies of sacrificed Inca children have long been seen as silent witnesses to a single moment of ritual death. New research suggests that this assumption may be wrong. A bioarchaeological study led by Dagmara Socha at the University…
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3,800-Year-Old Clay Frog Figurine Discovered in Peru: A Rare Insight into Caral Civilization
Archaeologists in Peru have revealed a remarkable discovery at the Vichama archaeological site: a 3,800-year-old clay figurine depicting two frogs joined at their hind legs. This is the first time such a sculpture has been found at Caral-related sites, offering a unique glimpse into the symbolic world of one of the Americas’ oldest civilizations. The…
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Groundbreaking Discovery at Gran Pajatén: Over 100 New Archaeological Structures Uncovered
The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced a major archaeological breakthrough in Peru’s San Martín region, uncovering more than 100 previously undocumented structures at Gran Pajatén — one of the most mysterious and architecturally significant remnants of the Chachapoya civilization. Located within the Río Abiseo National Park, a UNESCO Mixed World Heritage Site renowned for…