Peru

Colombian military plane involved in accident had 125 soldiers onboard, media reports

Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said the accident happened as the plane was taking off from Puerto Leguizamo.

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A US Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft takes off from RAF Fairford on March 19, 2026 in Fairford, England. Since UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer back-tracked on his initial refusal to allow the US to use British bases to launch defensive strikes.
The remains of one of the four children found by archeologists, buried in the Inca sanctuary of Pachacamac, in the coastal desert strip 30 km south of Lima. Picture taken on November 9, 2010.

CT scans unlock secrets of mummified Inca children ritually sacrificed over 500 years ago - study

Researchers examined four frozen mummies recovered from the Ampato and Sara Sara volcanoes in southern Peru during the 1990s using CT scans.

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Peru's former President Pedro Castillo arrives for the beginning of his oral trial on charges of rebellion and other offenses against the state, in Lima, Peru March 4, 2025.

Peruvian court sentences former President Castillo to over 11 years in prison for rebellion

Peru's political chaos continues: Castillo's jailing brings the total to five former presidents behind bars. Peru has cycled through six presidents since 2018.

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Archaeological Findings. Illustration.

Ancient migrants left murals warning of climate change after a mega-drought 4,200 years ago in Peru

Archaeological digs on Peru’s central coast indicated that the Caral civilization, once thought to have vanished after an extreme drought, reorganized along the Pacific shoreline.

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Ancient polychrome wall found in northern Peru likely over 4,000 years old

The wall is thought to have been part of a ceremonial temple.

AUGUST 25, 2023ByREUTERS
Archaeologists work on a 4,500-year-old polychrome wall, part of a temple belonging to the Late Preceramic period, in the Huaca Tomabal in the Valley of Viru, Peru August 22, 2023.

Cocaine in a carpet? Police thwart attempted smuggling

Three residents of Petach Tikvah tried to smuggle cocaine to Israel from Peru using an unconventional method.

AUGUST 21, 2023ByWALLA!
(From right) Lior Amunah, Aviel Elgarbali, Tamiro Molla, defendants in the cocaine carpet case

'Aliens' who attacked Peruvian tribe are illegal miners with jetpacks - police

An indigenous tribe in Peru believes it is being attacked by aliens, but authorities believe the real culprits are illegal gold miners wearing jetpacks.

AUGUST 15, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
AI generated image of an armored alien.

Peruvian tribe claims it was attacked by seven-foot 'aliens'

The tribe says they’ve endured multiple attacks, one of which sent a 15-year-old girl to the hospital.

AUGUST 11, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An artistic rendition of an alien.

Ancient whale from Peru may be most massive animal ever on Earth

Whales evolved a bit more than 50 million years ago from hoofed, land-dwelling mammals as big as a medium-sized dog.

AUGUST 2, 2023ByREUTERS
Perucetus colossus, an early whale from Peru that lived about 38-40 million years ago, a marine mammal built somewhat like a manatee that may have exceeded the mass of the blue whale, long considered the heftiest animal on record, is seen in an undated artist's rendition.

Ancient DNA gives new insight into Inca 'lost city' Machu Picchu

Workers and retainers at the famous mountain estate came from throughout the empire, with some even coming from the Amazonas region.

JULY 29, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A llama is seen near the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in Cusco, Peru, in this December 2, 2014 file photo.

At Peru temple site, archaeologists explore 3,000-year-old 'condor's passageway'

The entrance to the "condor's passageway" was first explored by a Stanford University team using cameras mounted on robots.

JULY 16, 2023ByREUTERS
The archaeological site of Chavin de Huantar, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site, is seen some 155 miles (250 km) north of Lima July 18, 2008. A museum opened near the site with an exhibition of ceramic pieces and rock sculptures from a culture that flourished around 900 B.C.

Peru to declare emergency status as Ubinas volcano rumbles

INDECI advised the region's 2,000-strong population to stay away from the volcano and keep doors and windows closed.

JULY 3, 2023ByREUTERS
Workers clean up an oil spill following an underwater volcanic eruption in Tonga, in Ventanilla, Peru January 25, 2022.

Archaeologists in Peru find 3,000 year-old mummy in Lima

Students from San Marcos University and researchers initially found remains of the mummy's hair and skull in a cotton bundle during excavation, before uncovering the rest of the mummy.

JUNE 15, 2023ByREUTERS
The remains of a mummy, believed to be from the Manchay culture which developed in the valleys of Lima between 1,500 and 1,000 BCE, are pictured at the excavation site of a pre-Hispanic burial, in Lima, Peru June 14, 2023.

Peruvian hassidic Jew moves to Israel, gains large YouTube following

Bronstein’s daily Spanish-language videos – 443 in total to date – have quite a following, with 106,000 subscribers.

JUNE 9, 2023ByHOWARD BLAS
MEIR BRONSTEIN, the hassid with hundreds of thousands of YouTube followers.