El Paraíso is an important archaeological site from the Late Archaic Period (3500-1800 BCE) located in the Chillón River Valley on the central coast of Peru. Recent investigations have uncovered ...

LIMA, PERU—The Latin American Herald Tribune reports that artist Teo Ugarte and archaeologist Dayanna Carbonel have reconstructed the face of the so-called “Lady of El Paraiso,” whose 3,700 ...

Archaeologists in Peru say they have discovered a temple at the ancient site of El Paraiso, near the capital, Lima. Entry to the rectangular structure, estimated to be up to 5,000 years old, was ...

LIMA, PERU—Reports from Peru suggest that part of the 5,000-year-old site of El Paraiso has been destroyed. The pyramid, thought to be one of the oldest monumental structures in the Americas ...

The remains of a 5,000-year-old pyramid have been bulldozed by construction companies in Lima. The ancient temple in the El Paraiso archaeological complex in central Peru was knocked down by two ...

Peru's tourism ministry says El Paraiso was built some 4,000 years ago and was a religious and administrative center, long before the rise of the Inca culture encountered by the Spanish conquerors.