The Paracas culture, which flourished along the Pacific coast of what is now Peru in the first millennium BC, is known for its colourful, intricately detailed textiles and pottery.

Compared with stone, pottery or metal, clothes are pretty well non-starters in a history of the world told through 'things'.

For more than 900 years, between 900 BC and AD 100, people from the ancient civilization of Paracas inhabited a coastal area in south-central Peru stretching between the valley of Cañete and the bay ...

Fact check: Sinkhole caused a Missouri lake to drain — again The Paracas skulls are on display at the National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru located in Lima, Peru. Our ...

The Paracas textiles come from a period in South American history when crops, llamas and guinea pigs were first domesticated and distinct social classes emerged for the first time.