A pre-Inca mummy unearthed in Peru’s Puente Piedra district reveals details about a young woman’s life and ancient Chancay rituals.

The mummy had gone unnoticed despite urban development in a district where agricultural fields have been converted into ...

Living along the coast of Peru from around 900 to 1500 A.D., the Chancay people was well known for their impressive artwork, including wood carvings, ceramics, and textiles.

Humorous pottery and complex tattoos. The Chancay culture was a pre-Hispanic civilization that lived in the valleys of present day coastal Peru from about 1000 to 1470 CE. It was likely absorbed ...

The ceramics are predominantly white and black in color, the archaeologists said, typical for that time and the Chancay people. “Chancay pottery is mold-made, white-slipped and ...

“Chancay pottery is mold-made, white-slipped and painted with mineral pigments before being fired in a simple oxidizing (oxygen-rich) environment. Most pottery does not appear to have been made ...

“Chancay pottery is mold-made, white-slipped and painted with mineral pigments before being fired in a simple oxidizing (oxygen-rich) environment. Most pottery does not appear to have been made ...

“Chancay pottery is mold-made, white-slipped and painted with mineral pigments before being fired in a simple oxidizing (oxygen-rich) environment. Most pottery does not appear to have been made ...

“Chancay pottery is mold-made, white-slipped and painted with mineral pigments before being fired in a simple oxidizing (oxygen-rich) environment. Most pottery does not appear to have been made ...

Living along the coast of Peru from around 900 to 1500 A.D., the Chancay people was well known for their impressive artwork, including wood carvings, ceramics, and textiles.

“Chancay pottery is mold-made, white-slipped and painted with mineral pigments before being fired in a simple oxidizing (oxygen-rich) environment. Most pottery does not appear to have been made ...