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A Dolphin Death Whodunit In Peru
The Peruvian government claims that nearly 900 dolphins died of natural causes. A separate study disagrees.
Thousand-Year-Old Mummies Found in Peru
Belgian archaeologists have uncovered a spectacular 1,000-year-old tomb in Peru containing more than 80 skeletons and mummies, many of them infants.
Carved into the earth and covered with a roof of reeds supported by shaped tree trunks, the 60-foot-long, oval chamber was discovered at the site of Pachacamac, about 20 miles south of the capital, Lima.
Dead Birds Join Dolphins on Peruvian Beach
The mysterious maritime macabre continues in the Pacific Ocean off the northern coast of Peru. First, hundreds of dolphins began washing up on the beaches in the state of Lambayeque. Now, in the same area, hundreds of seabirds are joining the marine massacre.
