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A New Look at Peru’s Painted Temple

A New Look at Peru's Painted Temple

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A team led by archaeologist Sâm Ghavami of the University of Fribourg has been excavating previously unknown sections of a mural at the Huaca Pintada, or Painted Temple, near the tiny hamlet of Illimo in Peru. To read in-depth about the project, click here. All images are Courtesy Sâm Ghavami.

  • A student member of the project cleans a portion of the newly discovered Huaca Pintada mural.
  • Close-up of one of the newly discovered warriors surrounded by circles
  • Close-up of one of the newly discovered warriors surrounded by semi-circles
  • Archaeologists covered the newly discovered mural with plastic to preserve it and to enable them to trace the depictions of a warrior surrounded by geometric shapes.