News and stories from Peru

6 stories set in Peru, including Supe Valley, Peru, Ancash, Peru, Peru, Cusco, Peru.

Stories in Peru

Pyramids of Caral-Supe: a world wonder of c. 2600 BCE (World Wonder · Supe Valley, Peru) — c. 2600 BCE, Supe Valley, Peru. The oldest city in the Americas raised platform pyramids, sunken circular courts, and a quipu-using society
Chavín de Huántar: a world wonder of c. 900 BCE (World Wonder · Ancash, Peru) — c. 900 BCE, Ancash, Peru. A highland oracle temple of galleries, the Lanzón granite god, and acoustic ducts that turned the building into an
Chankillo solar observatory: a world wonder of c. 250 BCE (World Wonder · Ancash, Peru) — c. 250 BCE, Ancash, Peru. Thirteen towers on a ridge mark the sun’s rise and set through the year — the oldest complete solar observatory in
Machu Picchu: a world wonder of c. 1450 CE (World Wonder · Peru) — c. 1450 CE, Peru. An Inca royal estate locked onto a knife-edge ridge — dry-stone walls that flex in earthquakes without mortar.
Sacsayhuamán: a world wonder of c. 1450 CE (World Wonder · Cusco, Peru) — c. 1450 CE, Cusco, Peru. Zigzag Inca walls of multi-tonne stones fitted like a 3D puzzle — some blocks taller than a person.
Nazca Lines: a world wonder of c. 500 CE (World Wonder · Peru) — c. 500 CE, Peru. Kilometre-scale figures only coherent from the air — hummingbird, spider, monkey etched into desert varnish.