A graduate of Columbia College took part in the dig, which found evidence that female leaders in ancient Peru had more ...

An analysis of previous sacrifices at the same site suggests the victims were conquered people brought to work on the land.

Lima, Peru - Recent Despite being separated by vast oceans and thousands of years, the ancient civilizations of China and ...

In yet another shocking discovery from Pampa La Cruz, Peru, researchers found the remains of 76 victims of child sacrifice.

Here, at this off-the-beaten-path archaeological site about 120 miles north of Peru’s modern-day capital of Lima, my own family — alongside just a trickle of determined tourists — has made ...

By Alan Yuhas Archaeologists in Peru have excavated a monumental ... the priestesses of San José de Moro. Image The archaeological site of Pañamarca has shed light on the ancient Moche ...

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a 1,300-year-old ... This throne room, found at the archaeological site of Pañamarca, dates to the seventh century A.D., when the Moche were thriving ...

Nothing this big, this old, had ever been excavated in Peru ... began surveying sites for excavation, the Meggers view had already begun to crumble under the weight of fresh archaeological ...

Archaeologists were shocked to uncover a 700-year-old burial site in Peru containing the remains of 76 children and two adults, all with identical chest wounds. The victims, part of ancient child ...