19 December 2006 |
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Reiche came to Peru from Germany in the 1930s as a tutor and eventually dedicated her life to documenting the Nasca lines. |
27 November 2006 |
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A complex of tombs recently discovered under a pyramid in Peru offers landmark clues to a thousand-year-old pre-Incan culture, archaeologists report. |
30 October 2006 |
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CARAL, Peru -- A sudden wind gust blows eerily down from rocky Andean foothills, kicking up a cinnamon-colored cloud over the moonscape of ruins that is the oldest city in the Americas. |
25 September 2006 |
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Eighty-eight people wearily tugged their vessels -- logs lashed together with jungle twine -- ashore after racing some 133-miles down the Amazon over three days |
25 September 2006 |
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That's the conclusion archaeologists have reached after uncovering more than 40 mummified dogs in a thousand-year-old pet cemetery south of Lima, Peru |
11 September 2006 |
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The Peruvian government has reversed a decision to allow flights over the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu after an outcry from environmental groups. |
28 August 2006 |
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Three expeditions have been carried out to explore an amber deposit, which was found accidentally on the banks of the Amazon near the Peruvian city of Iquitos. |
31 July 2006 |
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President Alan Garcia cut government salaries, including his own, on Monday, three days after announcing a long list of austerity measures |
24 July 2006 |
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Biology Collections at UConn is providing a key piece of evidence in a scientific paper that documents a dramatic warming trend in the high Andes of Peru |
10 July 2006 |
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French Polynesia is hailing the Norwegian team that has sailed on the raft Tangaroa from Peru to replicate the 1947 crossing of the Kontiki |
12 June 2006 |
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Increased activity by the Ubinas volcano in southern Peru prompted the evacuation of 408 villagers, officials said. |
12 June 2006 |
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The language of the Aymara, who live in the Andes highlands of Bolivia, Peru and Chile, has been noticed by Westerners since the earliest days of the Spanish |
05 June 2006 |
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Sixteen years after his presidency ended in economic collapse and heightened guerrilla violence, Alan García was elected president |
29 May 2006 |
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After a 7500-mile trek, the mayor of a remote Peruvian community arrived at a remote Scottish community to be feted as guest of honour at a whisky festival. |
04 May 2006 |
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According to a poll, many adults in Peru’s capital believe Chile and Peru are natural enemies |
29 March 2006 |
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Historic rivalry between Chile and Peru has in the past seen them arguing over territory and pisco - now the humble potato. |
