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Richard Burger Discovers a Ancient Utopian Society - and Love - in Peru

The site in Peru in the Lurin Valley. Image Credit - Prof. Richard BurgerFor 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.
About The AuthorHelen AtkinsonHelen Atkinson

Heritage Key's NYC Correspondent, Helen Atkinson, has 20 years of journalism experience in subjects ranging from the reinsurance industry to canoeing down the Bronx River. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Helen studied English Literature at Oxford, before embarking on a writing career. She moved to New York in 1994 and intends to stay there. Publications include The Journal of Commerce, Fairplay Magazine, The New York Sun, and Scotland on Sunday. Helen also writes fiction and makes actual money by working as a public relations consultant. She also writes and sings blues. She is married to Tim, an Englishman she found in a fortune cookie in New York.

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