Pick up a salt shaker and really look at it. It seems pretty boring now, a table staple that gets sprinkled on fries or lost in the back of a kitchen cabinet. For most of human history, though, salt ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Villagers harvest salt from five-century-old family ponds using an ancient Quechua principle of collective labor ...

CUSCO, Peru (AP) — When Uriel plans his work schedule late in summer near his village in the Peruvian mountains, his first decision is usually which friend’s salt pond he will work that day. In ...

History of salt mining near Cusco Many millions of years ago, a section of ocean was isolated in what would become the Andes. When it eventually receded, it left rich salt deposits. That salt gets ...