Members of the ancient Paracas culture in Peru used chameleon urine to paint pottery, scientists have found. The liquid waste from the reptiles is believed to have been used to create a white pigment.

TEMPE, ARIZONA—Hair samples taken from 14 mummies discovered in Peru’s Paracas Necropolis of Wari Kayan, and two artifacts made of human hair, have been analyzed by a team made up of Kelly Knudson of ...

A frame grab from a video courtesy of the Peruvian Ministry of Culture shows police examining the damage at the Paracas Candelabra - Copyright AFP MIGUEL MEDINA A ...

Archaeologists in Peru uncovered a 37-meter-long cat geoglyph on a Nazca hillside, dating to around 200 BCE, centuries before most known lines. Created by the Paracas culture, the design links two ...

Workers at the Nazca Lines site recently found the faded, partially eroded outline of a cat stretching across a desert hillside. The cat joins the ever-growing list of about 900 shapes and images that ...

Construction workers dug up two well-preserved mummies from the pre-Columbian era in a town on Peru's Pacific coast, archaeologists said Tuesday. Dozens of other mummies are buried at the site in the ...

A Peruvian funeral shroud from 2,000 years ago shows the great skill and ability of ancient artisans in the region. The fragile textile was displayed to the press on 16 June during its transport back ...

Ancient residents of Peru laid down lines of rocks in the coastal desert that may have pointed to the sites of trade fairs, a new study suggests. The features date to around 300 B.C., centuries ahead ...

Lima (AFP) – Tourists have left footprints all over Peru's Paracas Candelabra, an enormous hillside carving that dates from some 2,500 years ago, according to officials who have launched a search for ...