An ancient temple believed to be about 5,000 years old has been discovered at the archaeological site of El Paraiso in Peru, some 40 km northeast of Lima. If the date is confirmed, it would be among the oldest sites in the world, ..
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Spooky night-time tours by torchlight are pulling visitors in at the Presbitero Maestro cemetery in Lima, Peru's oldest, to see elaborate mausoleums and tombs made by French and Italian sculptors. The cemetery was founded in 1808 ..
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Peru is enjoying a gastronomic boom which is putting it on the A-list of global cuisine. One Peruvian chef has single-handedly promoted and branded his country's cooking for the world stage. He is also using his success as a way o..
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Peru has an enviable culinary tradition drawing on a generous biodiversity, where fruit and vegetables of all varieties abound. Throughout its history there have been all kinds of cultural crossovers and now its food has been enri..
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Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian novelist and essayist spent much of his youth in the city of Lima. With its famous university, its joyful working class neighbourhoods and its "speaking river” the city has always had an impos..
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