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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A burial chamber in Peru containing mummies and artifacts. . While installing new gas lines just beneath the busy streets of Lima, ...

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 ...

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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 ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — 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 half a ...

LIMA, Peru — 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 half a meter (20 ...