Three decades ago, researchers working atop the Llullaillaco volcano, located on the border between Argentina and Chile, ...

An astonishing discovery has been made by archaeologists on the arid coast of southern Peru: two freeze-dried potatoes about ...

For centuries, the vanished Inca fortress of Ancocagua existed only in lore. Now, at a mountaintop site in Peru, researchers ...

The Inca Empire in South America, one of the most powerful pre-Columbian societies, was known for many innovations — such as the architecture of Machu Picchu, an extensive road network, and a system ...

The Chachapoyas civilization flourished from 500 AD in Peru's northern highlands, constructing elaborate sarcophagi and stone ...

An analysis of corn, cassava and coca plants discovered with sacrificed Inca children reveals they died during the reign of ...

ANTH copy 39088019656784 gift from Paul R. Julian. Introduction -- Discovering the Incas and their predecessors -- Native and Spanish sources -- Explorers and the first archaeologists -- 20th-century ...

Archaeologists digging at an Inca site on the arid coast of southern Peru have unearthed two rare, roughly 500-year-old ...

In the remote town of Huaytará, Peru, the building that houses the Church of San Juan Bautista is more than what it seems. It was built upon a three-walled Incan structure called a carpa uasi that ...

The Inca Empire in South America, one of the most powerful pre-Columbian societies, was known for many innovations — such as the architecture of Machu Picchu, an extensive road network, and a system ...