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Seabird poop may have fueled this pre-Inca kingdom's rise to power in South America
Before the Inca civilization rose to power in what’s now Peru, the Chincha Kingdom reigned as a prosperous society on the country’s southern coast. Now, scientists have discovered that seabird ...
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Centuries-old bird poop helped power a pre-Inca kingdom
In A Nutshell Between 1250 and 1400 CE, Peru’s Chincha Kingdom mastered seabird guano fertilization, enabling agriculture in ...
In a time of increasing criticism over the use of unmanned drones due to privacy and human rights concerns, researchers in Peru are putting these tiny flying machines to spy on the past.
A series of about 5,200 holes stretching nearly a mile (1.5 kilometers) across the Pisco Valley in the southern Peruvian Andes has baffled researchers for nearly a century. But a fresh look at the ...
© 2025 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. All Rights Reserved. LIMA, Peru (AP) — Utility workers excavating trenches to expand the network of natural gas pipelines ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A digital reconstruction of an ancient temple Before the rise of the Incas, a civilization known as Tiwakanu ruled the Andes, and ...
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