Some of the new painted walls found in the Room of Moche Imagination. Source: Lisa Trever / Pañamarca Digital.

Highly Decorated Moche Throne Room Fit for a Queen Discovered

Archaeologists excavating ruins in Pañamarca in Peru have discovered what is being described as a throne room. The site is home to the Moche, a Peruvian culture that died out over 1,500 years ago. The Moche dominated the coastal region in northern Peru, and are famed for their highly decorative painted designs, filled with lurid

Some of the new Nazca designs discovered by AI. Source: PNAS.

AI search of Nazca Plain Doubles the Number of Known Geoglyphs

The Nazca geoglyphs are an enduring puzzle. We do not really understand why these ancient peoples in the south of what is now Peru traced enormous patterns on the barren plains of their homelands, nor even how they were supposed to be viewed. In fact, this is the core mystery at the heart of the

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