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The remains of necklaces, earrings and bracelets are seen at a site where archaeologists discovered the remains of what is believed to be wealthy members of the Chimu civilization, a pre-Inca society that thrived for centuries in arid plains nestled between the Pacific Ocean and Andes Mountains, in

In Peru, remains of wealthy pre-Inca people unearthed at ancient capital

By REUTERS
 AMBASSADOR KORNELIOU presents his credentials to President Isaac Herzog, Sept. 19, 2023.

Five new ambassadors welcomed to Israel by President Herzog

 Elongated skulls at the Inca museum

Evidence of smallpox in 16th century Peru uncovered in Incan children's skeletal remains

A fossil of the skull of the largest dolphin in history that inhabited the Peruvian Amazon 16 million years ago and was discovered in an expedition sponsored by the National Geographic Society is exhibited at the Museum of Natural History in Lima, Peru, March 20, 2024.

Fossil of 16-million-year-old river dolphin found in Peru

By REUTERS
 A man holds a Peru flag during an anti-government demonstration in Lima, Peru January 24, 2023.

Peru arrests two suspects of planned antisemitic attack, formation of terrorist cell

By REUTERS
FBI van in Texas

Man in Peru charged with making recent bomb threats to US synagogues, FBI says

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
 Skeletal remains of a 3-year-old infant and offerings that formed a funeral bundle with an approximate age of 1000 years found by the Calidda company during excavations to install natural gas are pictured in Lima, Peru, April 26, 2023

Peru pipeline workers unearth ancient children's cemetery

By REUTERS
 Israeli President Isaac Herzog is seen receiving the new Irish ambassador, at the President's Residence, on September 19, 2023.

Herzog receives credentials of 7 new ambassadors to Israel

 A syringe is filled with a dose of Pfizer's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a pop-up community vaccination center in Valley Stream, New York

Peru doctors save toddler who swallowed eight medical needles

By REUTERS
An archaeologist works on a site where a 1,000-year-old mummy was unearthed, at a residential neighbourhood, in Lima, Peru September 6, 2023.

Archaeologists unearth 1,000-year-old mummy in Peru residential neighborhood

By REUTERS

Peruvian village horrified by attacks from 'giant yellow-eyed aliens'

By Walla!
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.

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

By REUTERS
(From right) Lior Amunah, Aviel Elgarbali, Tamiro Molla, defendants in the cocaine carpet case

Cocaine in a carpet? Police thwart attempted smuggling

By Walla!
 AI generated image of an armored alien.

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

 An artistic rendition of an alien.

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

 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 whale from Peru may be most massive animal ever on Earth

By REUTERS
 A llama is seen near the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in Cusco, Peru, in this December 2, 2014 file photo.

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

 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.

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

By REUTERS