Nicholas Daly, a professor of English and American literature, has argued that treasure maps in such narratives ... his roots in “Darkest Peru” are, in any case, a colonial accident.

Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed eight centuries-old mummies at a site in the country's capital, an important find that experts say could point to a colonial-era cemetery. An archaeologist ...

Besides collecting and exhibiting art from Florida and Cuba dating from 1508 to 1821, the centre will be a repository for books, maps and archives ... the baroque heart of colonial Peru.