Seabird poop played a key role in Chincha Kingdom agriculture, fueling economic growth and political influence in ancient ...

When it comes to the success of ancient civilizations, the first things that come to mind are typically their military ...

Stool transplants are cutting-edge experimental procedures, but using poop as medicine is hardly a modern idea. Ancient ...

Maize farmers in Peru’s Chincha Valley were fertilizing their crops with seabird poop as early as the year 1250 ...

Archaeological analysis of items from a pre-Inca Peruvian kingdom reveals their prosperity was built on bird poop.

Before the Inca civilization rose to power in what’s now Peru, the Chincha Kingdom reigned as a prosperous society on the country’s southern coast. Now, scientists have discovered that seabird ...

Ancient Greco-Roman texts discuss the use of excrement in medicine, but this is the first direct evidence we've found that ...

New archaeological evidence reveals that seabird guano – nutrient-rich bird droppings – was not only essential to ...

Archaeologists in Turkey say they have uncovered evidence that the Romans used human feces in medical treatments, according ...

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In A Nutshell Between 1250 and 1400 CE, Peru’s Chincha Kingdom mastered seabird guano fertilization, enabling agriculture in one of Earth’s driest deserts centuries before the Inca Empire arrived ...

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