Peru

Peruvian court sentences former President Castillo to over 11 years in prison for rebellion

Peru's political chaos continues: Castillo's jailing brings the total to five former presidents behind bars. Peru has cycled through six presidents since 2018.

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Peru's former President Pedro Castillo arrives for the beginning of his oral trial on charges of rebellion and other offenses against the state, in Lima, Peru March 4, 2025.
Archaeological Findings. Illustration.

Ancient migrants left murals warning of climate change after a mega-drought 4,200 years ago in Peru

Archaeological digs on Peru’s central coast indicated that the Caral civilization, once thought to have vanished after an extreme drought, reorganized along the Pacific shoreline.

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A closeup of Nazca Lines, an ancient cryptic geoglyph in Peru.

AI-powered study uncovers 303 new Nazca Lines geoglyphs, doubling the known figures

"AI was able to process in months what would have taken us decades with traditional methods," stated Sakai, after the algorithm detected patterns later confirmed in the Peruvian desert.

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Whale fossils in the Ocucaje desert, Peru.

Peruvian team finds 12-million-year-old near-perfect dolphin ancestor

The Ocucaje Desert, often labeled a great hotel for marine animals because of calm conditions that once prevailed there, has long served as a cemetery for ancient species.

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This person survived a plane crash and 11 days in the Amazon jungle

Juliana Koepcke was 17 when she boarded a flight from Peru to Germany, when suddenly lightning struck the plane and it crashed as she fell 3 kilometers to the Amazon jungle.

MAY 15, 2023ByWALLA! TOURISM
Juliana Koepcke

Jewish former first lady of Peru flees to Israel after extradition request

Peru does not have an extradition agreement in place with Israel.

MAY 13, 2023ByJACOB KESSLER/JTA
Former Peru's President Alejandro Toledo and his wife Eliane Karp

Tourists arrested at Machu Picchu after taking nude photos

Two tourists were removed from the premises at Machu Picchu world heritage site after stripping down for photos.

MAY 13, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru

Gold mine fire in Peru kills 27 people

Local government said a short-circuit sparked the fire in the early morning hours of Saturday in the southern region of Arequipa.

MAY 7, 2023ByREUTERS
Anti-government protestors block a road demanding the resignation of Peru's President Dina Boluarte, in Condoroma in Cusco region, Peru February 4, 2023

Peruvian gas workers accidentally stumble upon 600-year-old tomb

The workers stumbled on 1,700 archaeological remains including mummies, textiles and ceramics.

APRIL 30, 2023ByREUTERS
Skeletal remains of a 3-year-old infant and offerings that formed a funeral bundle with an approximate age of 1000 years found by the Calidda company during excavations to install natural gas are pictured in Lima, Peru, April 26, 2023.

Archaeologists in Peru find adolescent mummy wrapped in bundle

The mummified adolescent was found in a "good state of conservation."

APRIL 25, 2023ByREUTERS
Machu Picchu

Peruvian archaeologists unearth 500-year-old Inca ceremonial bath

The "finely carved" bath averages some two-meters in depth, with independent pools and spillways and a central passage taking water into a drainage duct.

APRIL 15, 2023ByREUTERS
Archaeologists work in the remains of an ancient ceremonial Inca bathroom, discovered in a sector known as Inkawasi (House of the Inca), at the archaeological site Huanuco Pampa, in Huanuco, Peru April 5, 2023.

14 dead in 6.8M earthquake in Ecuador

The earthquake struck at a depth of 66.4 km (41.3 miles) about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) from the city of Balao in the province of Guayas.

MARCH 18, 2023ByREUTERS
A damaged car and rubble from a house affected by the earthquake are pictured in Cuenca, Ecuador, March 18, 2023.

Colors on ancient pottery tell of Peruvian empire's influence - study

The Wari empire existed in parts of Peru from 600 CE until 1050 CE, pre-dating the Inka. 

MARCH 11, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pottery found from the Inca culture is seen at Huaca de las Abejas in Tucume Archaeological Complex in Lambayeque, Peru July 4, 2018

Ancient 'demonic' temple with painted human remains found in Peru

A Spanish explorer from the 17th century described the temple as being used for demonic summonings and mentioned a witchcraft university nearby.

MARCH 11, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Archaeologists work on the a new discovery of a network of passageways under a more than 3,000 year-old temple in the Peruvian Andes, in Ancash, Peru, May 27, 2022.