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By Michael Ruggeri

Michael Ruggeri
Drought
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 …
April 16
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
Archaeology breakthrough: Scientists discover Peruvian settlement older than Machu Picchu
express.co.uk - Joel Day
RESEARCHERS have uncovered a huge settlement that pre-dates Machu Picchu in an unprecedented South American ancient civilisation discovery. Scientists …
Nov 11, 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
On the last day of excavations in the archaeological zone of Pampa La Cruz, archaeologist Gabriel Prieto and his research team found the remains of a …
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