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In the mountains of the Peru's Lima province, a small network of man-made stone canals furrows the hillsides to collect water from the rivers and irrigate the land through underground aquifers, even during times of drought. This engineering system of pre-Hispanic origin is known as "amunas", a Quechua root word meaning "to retain water".
Archeologists have rediscovered a pre-Hispanic fresco depicting mythological scenes in northern Peru that they had only seen in black and white photographs that were more than a century old. The mural’s existence became known in 1916, through black and white photographs taken by German ethnologist Hans Heinrich Brüning.
La Paz, Jan 12 (EFE).- A team of researchers discovered 45 archaeological pieces that are part of a ceremonial offering, 30 centimeters deep in a temple of the pre-Hispanic citadel of Tiahuanaco, in the Bolivian Altiplano.The discovery has been considered the surprising "find of the century". (Camera: CESAR GONZALES)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF THE TIWANAKU LOCALITY AND THE CEREMONY OF PRESENTATION OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PIECES FOUND.
Peru: a pre-Incan pyramid discovered in the centre of the country
Hundreds of people line up along the streets of Poroy village, in the outskirts of Peru's Cusco city, to buy canisters of gas amid shortages following anti-government road blockades.
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