The use of seabird poop as a fertilizer for corn and other food crops supported the expansion of pre-Inca civilizations ...

Workers installing new gas lines outside Lima, Peru uncovered eight mummies and objects dating back to pre-Inca times last week. Like an onion with several layers, the capital region of Peru has ...

In A Nutshell Between 1250 and 1400 CE, Peru’s Chincha Kingdom mastered seabird guano fertilization, enabling agriculture in one of Earth’s driest deserts centuries before the Inca Empire arrived ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologist Jose Aliaga works at the site where city workers discovered ancient remains, from the pre-Inca Chancay culture, and ...

Before the Inca civilization rose to power in what’s now Peru, the Chincha Kingdom reigned as a prosperous society on the country’s southern coast. Now, scientists have discovered that seabird ...

LIMA (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Peru have discovered the remains of what is believed to be wealthy members of the Chimu civilization, a pre-Inca society that thrived for centuries in arid plains ...

Peruvian gas workers have made an astonishing discovery beneath the ancient streets of Lima this week, uncovering eight mummies and a number of Pre-Inca artifacts. AFP via Getty Images Peruvian gas ...

Utility workers excavating trenches to expand the network of natural gas pipelines in Peru’s capital have uncovered a pre-Inca mummy approximately 1,000 years old, barely 20 inches from the surface.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises. That’s what some gas line workers got when their digging ...