73 Intriguing Burial Bundles And Carved Masks Placed On False Heads Discovered In Peru
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Polish archaeologists excavating at Pachacámac, (Pachakamak, in Quechua), which means ‘one who gives life to the earth’, an archaeological site south-east of Lima in Peru, have found 72 intriguing burial bundles. Inside some of the burials, the research team uncovered curious carved masks placed on false heads. Containing people of both […]
Mysterious ‘Temple Of The Crossed Hands’ Of Kotosh – One Of The Oldest Structures In Peru
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Temple of the Crossed Hands (Templo de Las Manos Cruzadas) in Kotosh, Peru, is considered one of the oldest temples in Peru and America and dates back 4000 years. Terracota “Crossed arms” from Kotosh, 1800 BC. Image credit: Simon chara – CC BY-SA 4.0 Kotosh represents a primary pre-Columbian ceremonial […]
Ancient Pottery Reveal How Peru’s First Great Empire Wari Functioned
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Peru’s first great empire, the Wari, stretched for more than a thousand miles over the Andes Mountains and along the coast from 600 to 1000 CE. The pottery they left behind gives archaeologists clues as to how the empire functioned. In a new study forthcoming in the Journal of Archaeological Science and […]
1,200-Year-Old Wari Temple Discovered In Peru
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The pre-Hispanic Wari culture Wari flourished from about 500 A.D. to 1000 A.D., in the region of Ayacucho region and stretched over Cusco’s rainforest in Peru. The Wari people spoke their own language and produced beautiful tapestries and weavings that survived well and can be seen in museums. The Wari […]