Early life

Kauffmann Doig was born in Chiclayo

Chiclayo

Chiclayo is the capital city of the Lambayeque region in northern Peru. It is located 13 kilometers inland from the Pacific coast and 770 kilometers from the nation's capital, Lima...

, but his childhood and infancy passed in small localities of Cajamarca and Amazonas, particularly in Cocochillo (today Camporredondo) on the margin right hand of the River Marañon. Of German father, it is provided for the maternal side with forefathers of the millennial culture Mochica.

On having reached his secondary studies in the school Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Lima

Lima

Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...

, he entered to the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

National University of San Marcos

The National University of San Marcos is the most important and respected higher-education institution in Peru. Its main campus, the University City, is located in Lima...

, who would grant him two times the doctorate: first in Archaeology and then in History.

Academic career

As a university professor, Kauffmann Doig has exercised the Director's charges of the Museo de Arte. He is General manager of the Monumental and Cultural Patrimony of the Nation and the Director of the Museo Nacional de Antropología y Arqueología and History of Peru.

He has translated The Incas and their Ancestors and Machu Picchu: Inca Treasure. http://www.languageisculture.com/curriculum-en.html