After outcry from civil servants and environmentalists, the Ministry of Culture has walked back a decision that might have left the famed geoglyphs more vulnerable to mining

Built by the Chachapoya civilisation, known as the “people of the cloud forest”, the structures are located within a Unesco Mixed World Heritage site 500km north of Lima

The incident at Chan Chan, the largest adobe city in the Americas, has drawn attention to the lax security at the 600-year-old Unesco World Heritage Site

The finding provides a psychedelic trip into the heart of pre-Incan power at Chavín de Huántar, where psychoactive substances were used in elite ceremonial rituals

Many of the antiquities being returned were looted from northern Peru in the 1960s and 70s

The exceptional find at Áspero reveals women’s high status in the ancient Caral civilisation

A Chinkana, or labyrinth, with three branches has been found beneath the ancient city of Cusco

Researchers investigating the ancient Caral civilisation must contend with dwindling state support, violent land traffickers and robbers

The so-called “Hall of the Moche Imaginary” is one of two elaborately decorated spaces archaeologists recently uncovered at Pañamarca

The country’s film sector and wider creative industries are wary of new laws governing the type of projects that can receive state financing

The 4,750-year-old circular stone plaza has been under analysis since 2018

Prior to their seizure, the paintings had been offered to the auction house Doyle for consignment

Federal investigators found that the six-page manuscript at the Rosenbach Museum and Library had been illegally removed from a larger volume

Silence of pre-Hispanic past broken with discovery of dance platform that could imitate the rumbling of thunder

The 1,200-year-old complex, which includes a massive platform topped with a temple, is associated with the Wari civilisation that thrived from AD600 to AD1000

New additions to the mysterious Nazca Lines have been identified by scientists from Japan's Yagamata University through the use of aerial drone footage and artificial intelligence

The well-preserved statue is one of the oldest artefacts discovered in the Chan Chan archaeological site

This major London show, marking the 200th anniversary of the country's independence, does not flinch from the bloodiest aspects of Inca culture

Museo Nacional del Perú (Muna) boasts a collection of nearly 50,000 Pre- Columbian objects, including repatriated artefacts

Radiocarbon dating of human bones and teeth in Peruvian ruins indicate that the Inca first lived at the citadel around 1420, not after 1440

Farmers extending their fields first accidentally uncovered the site, which archaeologists believe was used by the Cupisnique people for water ceremonies

Although overlooked by art institutions until only recently, she continued to create work about artificial systems and bureaucracies during a 30-year career in Lima's customs office

Organisation points out that Peru has not carried out an analysis of the heritage impact on Machu Picchu, Cusco and an Inca road network as requested by Unesco

The animals still had their ritual adornments, including necklaces and long, colourful tassels hanging from their ears

The 2,000 year-old earth carving could be the oldest geoglyph ever found

Culture ministry gives Jesse Katayama access after being stranded in Peru for seven months because of coronavirus

The preservation project could serve as a prototype for saving other earthen buildings

A petition has been launched to prevent the Peruvian government from continuing the project

The works were identified after they were consigned to Christie's for sale in 2015; their repatriation is part of an "aggressive" effort