For Richard Burger, archaeology has turned up many surprising things. This includes romance, which blossomed when he met his archaeologist wife, Lucy Salazar, at a dig in her native Peru. “Sites are not all that romantic. There’s too much work!” says Burger. Luckily, however, nearby Lima was in the full flood of a Southern Hemisphere Spring, and love found its way out of the dusty remains after all.
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At the top, decorating the entrance to a central chamber, is a frieze depicting a giant mouth with three-foot long fangs.
Chavín de Huántar stands high valley in a valley of the Peruvian Andes. The pre-Inca Chavín culture is named after it. They lived between 1500 and 400 BC, and are one of the oldest cultures in ancient Peru. Excavation and investigation of the site has uncovered many ruins and artefacts revealing fascinating clues as to the traditions and progression of the Chavin culture.
Its appearance is quite stunning – a maze of terraces and squares, surrounded by embellished stone structures and zoomorphic ornamentation. At its centre are two temples and a round plaza, carved with stone decorations showing exotic human-animal hybrids. Major preservation and restoration work continues at Chavín de Huántar to this day.
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