Visible from ESA's Proba spacecraft 600 kilometres away in space are the largest of the many Nasca Lines; ancient desert markings now at risk from human encroachment as well as flood events feared to be increasing in frequency.

A preliminary study of the ancient highland road that linked the Inca Empire from southern Colombia to Central Chile, found that only 5 percent of the 8,500 km route is under some form of protection, and large sections of it have been lost entirely.

The art, history, culture, and archeology of ancient Peru. Under development. Colorful interface.

Site centers on the archaeology of complex societies in Latin America and Andean South America and focuses upon the study of how the Tiwanaku civilization expanded from the lake Titicaca region to control much of the southern Andes.

An archaeology excavation aimed at recovering human skeletal remains and the associated cultural material so we may better understand the health status and lifeways of this valley's past inhabitants.

Picture gallery of archaeological ceramics. Selections from archaeological research papers by Bruce Owen, Ph.D. Anthropology, UCLA. Full browse able text, abstracts, references, and selected graphics presented at academic conferences.

Provides a background of field work conducted in Chillon Valley, Peru. Includes images from 2003 and 2004 excavations and a profile of the project director.

Pictures, text excerpts, and advertisement by Keith Muscutt, author of a book on the ancient Chachapoya of Peru.

This site describes the in-progress activities and preliminary findings of a systematic archaeological survey of the central portion of the Colca Valley and surrounding uplands of southern Peru

Describes the archaeology of the Chachapoya cliff tombs known as Los Pinchudos, and the emergency conservation performed there in 2000. Includes images of architecture, sculptures, and pottery.

Paper by Matthew S. Bandy which reevaluates existing models of the early ceramic periods of Moquegua.

Paper by Bruce Owen which reports on systematic site survey in two early ceramic domestic and mortuary sites to clarify patterns of subsistence, settlement, mortuary practices, regional cultural affiliations, and chronology in the coastal Osmore valley.

From MSNBC, using infrared aerial photography to penetrate the forest canopy, the team led by Briton Hugh Thomson and American Gary Zeigler located the ruins at Llactapata, 50 miles northwest of the ancient Inca capital Cusco.

From Smithsonian Magazine, excavations at Peru's Caral site suggest cities appeared in the Americas 1,000 years earlier than experts believed.

From Guardian Unlimited, Peruvian customs agents opening suspicious packages found five ancient skulls from a pre-Inca culture that someone tried to mail to California

Essay on verious aspects of the Moche. Links, bibliography, terminology.

Located in the lower to mid valley, on the left bank of the Moche river on a plain below the imposing Cerro Blanco.

National Geographic's interactive expedition up Mount Ampato, Peru, with Johan Reinhard.

From National Geographic, images, articles, and links.

A virtual tour of the Inca Trail, complete with photographs and an interactive map.

ABC News includes a brief article about destruction of an ancient wall in Cusco.

A theory on how the Incas could have efficiently cut a stone (still on the ground) to fit perfectlty in a hole in a wall under construction

Moche ruins are located in river valleys of Northern Peru. These centers flourished until c.1000 C.E., when the Moche abruptly vanished.

Precolumbian gold and turquoise jewelry once for sale at Sotheby's has been returned to Peru.

Discusses theoreteical and other issues surrounding Inca archaeology and the archaeology of performance, as seen through the fieldwork and writing of archaeologist Lawrence S. "Larry" Coben

From the New Scientist, ancient sacrificed remains of 200 fishermen have been excavated from a beach in Peru.

From Ananova, two of the oldest mummies ever found in Peru went on display briefly.

From BBC, archaeologists discover thousands of mummies in a Lima shanty town dating from the last decades of the Inca civilization.

NOVA Online presents an expedition to Peru in search of Incan mummies on Mt. Sara Sara.

This site describes the ongoing archaeological research project at the site of Pachacamac, the precolumbian religious center, led by Izumi Shimada, Rafael Segura and Maria Rostworowski

An interactive tour of the Paloma site in western Peru, including a virtual dig and excavation databases.

This site describes the ongoing Ychsma Project, led by Peter Eeckhout, which has carried out archaeological field research at the site of Pachacamac, Peru.

Describes the archaeological research led by Elizabeth Klarich at the highland Peruvian center of Pukara.

The famous Inca settlement of Ollantaytambo, Peru, is in imminent danger from a new highway project that would destroy Inca agricultural terraces.

Brief notes on the main archaeological sites: Llaqtapata, Runkuraqay, Sayaqmarka, Inca Tunnel, Phuyupatamarka, Intipata, Wiñawayna, Intipunku, Machu Picchu. With photographs.

From MSNBC, Garbage trucks roll over Nazca Lines on their way to dump.

Grave robbers, a copper scepter, and a gold bead in the shape of a human head with lapis lazuli eyes are clues that led to the discovery of the royal tombs at Sipán, near Chiclayo, on the coast of northern Peru. The artifacts are some of the most spectacular pieces of pre-Columbian gold and silver ever found.