If it is that we have visited the ruins of the Señor of Sipán, we have been witnesses to the great quality in the jewelry finishings that covered one of the largest dignitaries of Pre-Inca Peru, specifically of the Mochica culture.  Being an old civilization, the inhabitants of the valley of Molche developed in various fields ...[+]

Lunahuaná is a district of the province of Cañete, it is located 38 km east from San Vicente de Cañete and to 182 km southeast of Lima. Thanks to their location  this district is appropriate to carry out adventure sports such as boating and cycling.  Nevertheless one of the more important attractions is all that ...[+]

The best known thing pertaining to the Mochican culture who inhabited Peru’s north is their ceramics which have been highly praised by archeologists for the deep attention to detail, decoration, and style of the carvings.  The ceramics serve as an offer to the dead.  As a result of this, the Mochican ceramics allow us to ...[+]

Tracing back to innumerable years, textiles have played a very important part in the Andean society, due to the intense amount of manual labor it took to produce each one of the pieces. The process was so extensive that it was estimated to take an amount of 7 kilometers (7,655 yards approximately) worth of different ...[+]

One of the main characteristics of the villages in the south of Peru is the great fervor that they profess for the Catholic religion.  In each village, no matter how small, one can find large churches adorned with gold and magnificent paintings that make up part of the history and fervor of each of its ...[+]

The main material for the creation of the famed Peruvian textiles-alpaca fiber and pima cotton- has its own history which is important to know in order to understand why they have survived the passage of time maintaining its colors and textures. Alpaca fiber It is surprising to the world that, although it is one of the most ...[+]

Amidst the lush forests and the sounds of animals, the ancient Peruvians who colonized the Amazon developed a unique way of seeing the world, and in order to explain it, they invented a series of myths and legends that now form part of their cultural tradition. It is not unusual to see the elderly people of ...[+]