For some people in the ancient Andes, textiles could serve not only as a record of their physical surroundings, but also as guides to aid in the transition to the next world. This textile, which was ...

LIMA, Peru - A rare and fragile pre-Incan funeral shroud was displayed to reporters Monday, part of the first batch of ancient Paracas textiles that Sweden is returning to Peru 80 years after they ...

Libby Purves meets actor Brian Cox and singer June Tabor. Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Textile fragment from the Paracas peninsula on the southern coast of Peru (made around 300 BC) ...

Lima: A rare and fragile pre-Incan funeral shroud was displayed to reporters on Monday, part of the first batch of ancient Paracas textiles that Sweden is returning to Peru 80 years after they were ...

Lima, Jun 17 (EFE).Lima, Jun 17 (EFE). — Four ancient textiles more than 2,000 years old that were returned to Peru by Sweden show the mastery of Paracas artisans, officials said. The four pieces are ...

A rare and fragile Peruvian funeral shroud dating back to the pre-Inca period has gone on display in Lima after being returned by a Swedish museum. The Shroud of Gothernburg consists of more than 80 ...

LIMA, PERU—Sweden will return the first four of 89 embroidered Paracas textiles to Peru later this month, according to a report in The New York Times. The 2,500-year-old textiles, which were smuggled ...

Peru will sue the Swedish city of Gothenburg on charges of being accomplices in the theft of ancient pre-Columbian textiles on exhibit in their museum, President Alan Garcia said Monday. Garcia said ...