Correo del Sur: THE EXPEDITION OF A TEAM OF 15 PEOPLE LASTED 22 DAYS They find traces of sauropods and a pre-Hispanic bridge used by cultures of Chuquisaca. An expedition lasting 22 days carried out by North American explorers and a Bolivian guide along the Grande River concluded successfully with indications of two findings: one…
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100 Years After Its Discovery, We May Know What Killed This Bolivian Mummy | 100 años después de su descubrimiento, podemos saber qué mató a esta momia boliviana
Ben Taub, IFL Science: A disease that’s currently on the rise may have been present in Pre-Hispanic South America. A mummified woman discovered over a century ago in Bolivia may have suffered from a fungal infection commonly known as Valley Fever. While the pathogen usually causes non-fatal respiratory systems, in this case, it appears to have destroyed the…
TOROTORO
Melissa Revollo Pastor, Opinion: Torotoro wants to leave a mark on ecotourism in protected areas The access door and part of the Route of the Dinosaurs is Cochabamba. New projects are millionaires. In the 1990s, getting to Torotoro involved certain dangers along the way, because there was no bridge over the Caine River and whoever…
Mummified Corpse Discovered in Bolivia’s Salt Flats
Rosie McCall reports for Newsweek: A mummified body has been found in Bolivia’s famous Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat and a popular tourist destination. According to Bolivian news outlet El Potosí, workers recently discovered the body atop the salt flat, a white desert spanning 4,086 square miles (10,582 square kilometers) in the Andes…
Correction: Bolivia-Tiwanaku Vessels story … NOT 400 but 1,400 years!
AP reports for Yahoo: Bolivia Archaeology Discovery Workers extract pre-Hispanic vessels at the Kalasasaya temple in the ancient city of Tiwanaku, Bolivia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. Bolivian archaeologists will present the findings of a recent discovery of ancient vessels unearthed in a dig on the site once home to one of the most significant pre-Hispanic…
Drug Residues Detected on Ancient Ritual Bundle From Bolivia
Archaeology reports: BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA—New Scientist reports that Melanie Miller of the University of Otago and her colleagues detected traces of five psychoactive chemicals on a collection of drug paraphernalia discovered in a rock shelter in southwestern Bolivia. The rock shelter is thought to have been a funerary enclosure where members of the Tiwanaku state may…
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