Archaeology students at the National University of Trujillo prepare to clean and catalog skulls from the mass burial at Huanchaquito. The arid climate of northern Peru naturally mummified many of ...

Peru's rich prehistoric record includes a recently discovered ancient river dolphin skull deemed as belonging to an animal that swam through the Peruvian Amazon some 16 million years ago.

The elongated skulls and the diets of the victims make ... and justify and support the systems that keep the land producing." Northwestern Peru is a desert and the Chimu could have been trying ...

Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed what is believed to be the largest single mass child sacrifice in history. The bodies of 227 victims, aged between five and 14, were found near the coastal ...

Archaeology students discovered the mummy during a dig in Lima Archaeologists in Peru conducting a dig at ... first spotted the mummy's hair and skull. Archaeologist Miguel Aguilar said they ...