Could the ancient city of Caral in Peru be the oldest city in the Western Hemisphere?

Four Thousand Years Ago in Coastal Peru: America's First Civilization?

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2017 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the discovery of the Lord of Sipán, one of the most spectacular gold... Read more about Video: Tales of the Moche Kings and Queens: Elite Burials from the North Coast of Peru

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Peru’s early colonial history is generally viewed from the perspective of the Europeans who invaded the region... Read more about Video: From Conquest to Colony: The Early Colonial Period in Peru

Approximately 4,000 years ago, the peoples of China and Eurasia gradually began... Read more about Video: Origins of the Silk Roads

Despite ideals of scientific and scholarly objectivity, both Egyptologists... Read more about Video: Anxieties about Race in Egyptology and Egyptomania, 1890–1960

The earliest European explorations in the Pacific region sparked speculation... Read more about Video: Early Archaeology of the Pacific

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The hearth of Olmec civilization is located in the tropical lowlands of Mexico’s... Read more about Video: The Dawn of Olmec Civilization

Humans are the only animal species that bury their dead, and this practice... Read more about Video: Love and Death in the Stone Age

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In the first century CE, Teotihuacan became the capital of the area... Read more about Video: Teotihuacan and the Making of a World City

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In the 1960s, Gordon Willey and a team of Harvard archaeologists led... Read more about Video: The Origins of Maya Civilization: New Insights from Ceibal

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A rigged election and a political crisis among competing elites, middle classes,... Read more about Video: The Mexican Revolution of 1910: A Sociohistorical Interpretation

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Ancient Maya civilization—known for its cities, monumental architecture,... Read more about Video: The Ancient Maya Response to Climate Change: A Cautionary Tale

Harvard University's 1650 charter founded a multicultural educational setting... Read more about Video: Life at Colonial Harvard: The Archaeological Evidence