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"Kuelap: A Complete Guide to Peru's Cloud Forest Fortress," featuring a visitor dwarfed by the towering golden limestone perimeter walls of the Chachapoya citadel in Amazonas, northern Peru.
March 21, 2026

Kuelap: A Complete Guide to Peru’s Cloud Forest Fortress

Kuelap is a Chachapoya fortress on a high ridge in Peru’s Amazonas Region, built centuries before the Inca and standing at roughly 9,840 feet (3,000 meters) above sea level. Its outer walls rise to nearly 65 feet (20 meters), enclosing…

New Findings Alter Moche Civilization Timeline: New Study Challenges Established Chronology
November 29, 2024

New Study Reshapes Understanding of Moche Chronology

The Moche civilization of ancient Peru, known for its incredible ceramics and monumental architecture, flourished for a much shorter time…

Peru lawmakers vote to study and preserve Chankillo, and develop it into a tourist destination
December 16, 2019

Chankillo rivals Stonehenge as true solar observatory

I’m sorry, but really… Stonehenge, schmoan-henge! Want to visit a real monumental prehistoric astronomical observatory? Check out Chankillo, on Peru’s…

Peru lawmakers vote to study and preserve Chankillo, and develop it into a tourist destination
May 3, 2017

Restoration of Chankillo, the oldest solar observatory in the Americas, set to start

[Originally published May 3, 2017] Restoration work to put Chankillo, the oldest known solar observatory in the Americas, more prominently…

Gov’t Decree Will Open Peru’s Archaeological Sites to Private Sector Management
September 24, 2015

Gov’t Decree Will Open Peru’s Archaeological Sites to Private Sector Management

Peru’s government this week modified the country’s General Law of National Cultural Patrimony so that pre-Hispanic archaeological monuments can be…

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