Old Gold.

Jewelers Circular Keystone,  May, 2007  

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By Monica Clare McLaughlin, Heritage Editor

An exhibit at Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum focuses on the metalwork of a little-known ancient Peruvian civilization.

The Sicán civilization of ancient Peru eluded archaeologists and historians for a long time. The Sicán, now recognized as skilled metallurgists, ceramicists, seafarers, and traders, flourished on the northern coast of Peru from 800 to 1375. Until recently, however, the majority of the archaeological and anthropological knowledge concerning ancient Peruvian cultures focused on the Incas, whose ...

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