Pre-Columbian graves found in PeruOctober 11th, 2009 CARACAS - A team of archaeologists with Peru's National Institute of Culture, or INC, discovered a dozen graves and an equal number of pre-Columbian earthen enclosures at a complex located in an urban district of the ancient city of Cuzco. According to a report in the Latin American Herald Tribune, the discovery was made at an archaeological site known as Qata Ccasapata Llacta.
Pre-hispanic citadel found in PeruSeptember 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A group of explorers has discovered an impressive and beautiful citadel surrounded by abundant vegetation, supposedly built by a pre-Hispanic civilization, at an altitude of 3,000 meters above sea level in the community of Limon, Celendin province, in Peru. The discovery covers about eight hectares and is located near the Maranon river, Miguel Angel Arellano Briceno, president of the Regional Chamber of Tourism (Caretur), and leader of the expedition, told Peruvian news agency Andina.
Archaeologists discover Bible-era vessel with mysterious scriptSeptember 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Archaeologists in Jerusalem have found a mystery vessel dating back to biblical times 2,000 years ago, which has ten lines of mysterious script written on it. "These were common stone mugs that appear in all Jewish households of the time", lead excavator Shimon Gibson of the University of North Carolina, told the National Geographic News.
Pre Inca citadel found in Zana River's upper basin in PeruSeptember 10th, 2009 LIMA - Peruvian archaeologist Walter Alva has confirmed that a pre-Inca citadel has been found in Zana river's upper basin, between the departments of Lambayeque and Cajamarca in Peru. According to a report in 'Living in Peru', it would be an archaeological complex belonging to the Cajamarca culture, from the early Christian era.
Discarded US computers get fresh life in developing countriesSeptember 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - More and more discarded US computers are enjoying a lease of life in developing countries, says a comprehensive study. The findings may heighten growing concerns about environmental pollution with toxic metals that can result from dismantling and recycling computer components in developing countries.
3 bodies of 1,000-yr-old mysterious tribal group found in AlaskaAugust 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Construction workers unearthed the remains of three humans in Kivalina, Alaska, who are believed to have been members of a mysterious tribal group from about 1,000 years ago. According to a report in The Arctic Sounder, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium was doing excavation for Kivalina's new wastewater treatment plant when they came across some old bones, which an onsite archeologist determined to be animal bones.
3,000 yr old butter discovered in IrelandAugust 20th, 2009 DUBLIN - Two workers have discovered an oak barrel, full of butter, estimated to be roughly 3,000 years old, in Gilltown bog, between Timahoe and Staplestown, in Ireland. According to a report in Leinster Leader, the amazing discovery of the barrel, which is being described by archaeology experts in the National Museum as a "really fine example" was found by two Bord na Mona workers.
Unique Aramaic inscription from first century found in JerusalemJuly 31st, 2009 JERUSALEM - A team of archaeologists has found a unique Aramaic inscription on a stone cup commonly used for ritual purity during the first century, in a dig on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. According to a report in Jerusalem Post, the six-week excavation is being carried out within the Gan Sobev Homot Yerushalayim national park, close to the Zion Gate of the Old City.
15th century Peruvians sacrificed humans to appease El NinoJuly 16th, 2009 CARACAS - Archaeologists have found evidence that a woman from the Chimu culture was buried alive in the 15th century at the Chan Chan archaeological complex in Peru to ameliorate the various effects of what we today call the El Nino weather phenomenon. "This is the first time that evidence has been found that some people from the epoch were buried alive to prevent, in this case, the actions of El Nino from having effects on the city of mud," said Cristobal Campana from Peru's National Institute of Culture (INC).
Archaeologists discover previously unknown Inca road in PeruJuly 13th, 2009 LIMA - A team of archaeologists has discovered an Inca road in Peru, which was unknown until now and apparently held sacred, leading to the citadel of Machu Picchu. According to a report in Today's News, the discovery was made by archaeologists from the Peru National Culture Institute and technicians from Jaume I University in Castellon, Spain.
Facedown burials in ancient times was a way to humiliate the deadJune 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new research has suggested that burying the dead facedown in ancient times wasn't unusual or accidental, but a widely used way to humiliate the dead. According to a report in National Geographic News, the first global study on the facedown burials suggests that it was a custom used across societies to disrespect or humiliate the dead.
Ancient tomb found in Machu Picchu archaeological parkJune 18th, 2009 LIMA - Archaeologists at the National Institute of Culture (INC) have found a pre-Inca tomb in the Salapunku archaeological site, located inside the Machu Picchu Archaeological Park in Cusco, southeastern Peru. Resident archaeologist Francisco Huaycaya Quispe said that these remains would belong to a woman from the Quillke culture, an indigenous which flourished before the Inca Empire.
Machu Picchu was pilgrimage center, not true city, say researchersJune 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An Italian study has concluded that Machu Picchu, the "lost city of the Incas," was not a true city, but rather a pilgrimage center symbolically connected to the Andean vision of the cosmos. According to Giulio Magli, professor of archaeoastronomy at Milan's Polytechnic University, Machu Picchu was the ideal counterpart of the Island of Sun, a rocky islet in the southern part of Lake Titicaca.
Ancient city in Peru likely to be considered as World Cultural Heritage siteJune 3rd, 2009 LIMA - Soon, the ancient city of Caral in Peru may be marked as a World cultural heritage site. According to a report in www.LivinginPeru.com, archaeologist Ruth Shady says that the ruins of the ancient city of Caral, located at 207 km or 128 miles to the north of Lima, meet the conditions to join the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Persians routed Romans with help of chemical weaponsJanuary 14th, 2009 LONDON - Persians had routed Romans with the help of chemical warfare nearly 2,000 years ago, according to the oldest archaeological evidence uncovered by a researcher. Simon James, reader in the School of Archaeology, University of Leicester, presented popular 'CSI (Crime Scene Investigation)-style' arguments at the Archaeological Institute of America, that about 20 Roman soldiers, found in a siege-mine at Dura-Europos in Syria, met their deaths not as a result of sword or spear, but through asphyxiation.
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