Roughly 21 kilometers off Peru’s southern coast, the Chincha Islands hold vast deposits of seabird guano accumulated over ...

The use of seabird poop as a fertilizer for corn and other food crops supported the expansion of pre-Inca civilizations ...

In 1532, in the city of Cajamarca, Peru, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and a group of Europeans took the Inca ruler Atahualpa hostage, setting the stage for the fall of the Inca Empire.

Seabird poop played a key role in Chincha Kingdom agriculture, fueling economic growth and political influence in ancient ...

Before the Inca civilization rose to power in what’s now Peru, the Chincha Kingdom reigned as a prosperous society on the country’s southern coast. Now, scientists have discovered that seabird ...

In A Nutshell Between 1250 and 1400 CE, Peru’s Chincha Kingdom mastered seabird guano fertilization, enabling agriculture in one of Earth’s driest deserts centuries before the Inca Empire arrived ...

“MoonPies are very sacred to Mobile. Obviously, we are known for the MoonPies. That is our throw here in Mobile. We are not like New Orleans. We don’t have coconuts and shoes and things that we throw ...

In ancient Andean cultures, fertilizer was power, said archaeologist Dr. Jacob Bongers, whose findings highlight the ...

In new research, biochemical analyses align with imagery and historical sources to show how the pre-Inca Chincha society ...

New archaeological evidence reveals that seabird guano—nutrient-rich bird droppings—was not only essential to boosting corn ...

At the height of the Chincha Kingdom’s power 800 years ago, the valley was home to roughly 100,000 people. Before they ...

Guano dramatically boosted the production of maize, and the surplus helped fuel the Chincha Kingdom’s economy.