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By Michael Ruggeri

Michael Ruggeri
Inca Empire
Shrewd water use helped South America’s first empire thrive. So why did a drought destroy it?
sciencemag.org - Lizzie Wade
When Wari colonists arrived in the Moquegua Valley of southern Peru some 1400 years ago, people already living there were likely nervous. The Wari …
Apr 16, 2020
Michael Ruggeri
Over 140 New Nazca Lines Have Been Discovered, And We Finally Have Clues to Their Use
ScienceAlert - Peter Dockrill
Scientists have discovered over 140 new geoglyphs known as Nazca lines: a mysterious, ancient cluster of giant figures etched long ago into the …
Nov 19, 2019
Michael Ruggeri
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1202716/ancient-history-archaeology-discovery-south-america-Inca-ancient-civilisation-Peru-machu-p
Michael Ruggeri
Nov 14, 2019
Michael Ruggeri
Peru: Archaeologists find exotic feather headdress and tabard in Pampa La Cruz
andina.pe - Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA PERÚ
15:18 | Trujillo (La Libertad region), Aug. 29. On the last day of excavations in the archaeological zone of Pampa La Cruz, archaeologist Gabriel …
Aug 29, 2019
Michael Ruggeri
Grisly Discovery Suggests The Inca Ritually Mounted 'Trophy Heads' as Display of Power
ScienceAlert - Peter Dockrill
It was the largest, most elaborate society the Americas had ever seen. And it was about to come to an abrupt end. By the Late Horizon of the Inca …
Aug 27, 2019
Michael Ruggeri
Pottery related to unknown culture was found in Ecuador | EurekAlert! Science News
eurekalert.org - Far Eastern Federal University
Archaeologists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Institute of Archeology and Ethnography SB RAS (Russia), Escuela Superior Politécnica del …
Jul 24, 2019
Michael Ruggeri
Mochica elite's last woman unearthed in Lambayeque
archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com
6/21/2019 06:00:00 PM A burial chamber of the last woman in the Mochica elite has been recently unveiled at Huaca Santa Rosa de Pucala archaeological …
Jun 21, 2019
Michael Ruggeri
Recently discovered Wari ceramics reveal origin of first Peruvian empire
archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com
5/17/2019 11:00:00 PM A set of ceramic pieces unearthed at Wari archaeological complex in Ayacucho reveals valuable information about the origin of …
May 17, 2019
Michael Ruggeri
Archaeologist Finds Pot Full Of Llama Face Stew Under A House In Ancient Peru
Forbes - Kristina Killgrove
An archaeologist working at a site along the north coast of Peru recently discovered a cooking pot carefully buried under a house floor. The simple, well-used pot contained portions of a llama's face well...
May 24, 2019
Michael Ruggeri
Blog Archive » Wari metallurgist’s tomb found in Peru
thehistoryblog.com
Archaeologists almost literally fell into the tomb of a 1,200-year-old metallurgist during an excavation in Huarmey, Peru. The team from the Warsaw …
Apr 26, 2019
Michael Ruggeri
Ayahuasca fixings found in 1,000-year-old Andean sacred bundle
berkeley.edu - By Yasmin Anwar, Media Relations| May 6, 2019
Ritual bundle contents include leather bag, carved wooden snuff tablets and snuff tube with human hair braids, pouch made of fox snouts and camelid …
May 16, 2019