Paracas is a desert peninsula located in the province of Pisco on the southern coast of Peru.
It was here that the Peruvian archaeologist Julio Tello made a startling discovery in 1928: a huge, complex cemetery with tombs filled with the remains of people with the largest elongated skulls found anywhere in the world.
They became known as the Skulls of Paracas.
In all, Tello discovered more than 300 of these elongated skulls, some of which are about 3,000 years old.
Mysteries of the planet
