Pre-Inca Cinnabar Mine Discovered in Trujillo by Andean Air Mail & PERUVIAN TIMES The cinnabar used by the Moche to paint tattoos on their skin some 1,600 years ago may have been mined locally, according to recent findings by archaeologist Regulo Franco. In 2006, Franco and his archaeology team at the El Brujo site on [...]

Ñaupa Iglesia, a secret ruin in the Sacred Valley By Rinda Payne In Urubamba, we cross the Pachar Bridge over the Urubamba River. Entering the Huarocondo gorge by a dirt road, we drive beside train tracks and a rushing stream until we sight agricultural terraces sitting high on the flank of a mountain. There is [...]

Cahuachi, a Nasca temple in Peru’s desert By Rodney L. Dodig We walked over the desert sands until we came to the top of the largest pyramid in this area. I stared down at hundreds if not thousands of holes left by grave robbers Sun bleached bones and broken pottery shards lay scattered across the [...]

Chanchamayo: Rainforest just six hours from Lima By Nick Rosen Chanchamayo’s greatest claim to renown is that it is easy to reach from Lima, which made it all the more bedeviling that my first two attempts to get there were thwarted. First, I was stymied by the holiday weekend crowds that gobbled up the last [...]