Author: Encion

PERU — Colchester, Vt. ran away with the team championship this past weekend in the 54th Peru Invitational Wrestling Classic. Colchester won three individual weight classes and finished the event with 195.5 points. Mason Sheltra (110), Cahota Lafond (118) and Mike O’Callaghan (145) won their weight classes for the Vermont squad. Team places second through fifth in the seven-team field, however, were separated by just eight points. Host Peru ended up second with 139 points, Franklin Academy was third with 133.5, Northern Adirondack fourth with 133 and AuSable Valley in fifth with 131. The Nighthawks got an individual champion in…

Ancient people of the Chincha Valley in southern Peru painted the skeletal remains of their ancestors with red paint. A recent study examines a phenomenon wherein the ancient people who lived in Peru’s Chincha Valley applied red paints to the skulls of their deceased ancestors. The researchers who conducted the study published it in the peer-reviewed Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. The painted remains were found in chullpas, which the study describes as “above-ground and subterranean mortuary structures that have openings and contain multiple individuals.” Chullpas were used for burial from as far back as 1000 CE. Their usage continued until 1825 CE. Analysis…