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

Researchers working at a major Inca-period sanctuary near Lima, Peru, have used non-invasive geophysical tools to detect ...

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 ...

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

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

A new study of botanical remains found with three mummified Inca children atop the Llullaillaco volcano has revealed that their sacrifice likely occurred around 1499, during a period of rapid Inca ...

The Inca recognized the importance of guano and the islands where the so-called guano birds breed as central to the survival of their civilization — and they responded by implementing the first ever ...

The ancient Inca wonder of Machu Picchu, perched 8,000 feet above sea level on a ridge in the Peruvian Andes, was a royal estate for the legendary warrior Pachacuti, who was largely responsible for ...

The Peruvian town of Huaytará is home to a 15th-century Inca building that’s unusually simple for the civilization, which is known for its intricate architecture, like the structures seen across Machu ...

Hiram Bingham called Machu Picchu “the most important ruin discovered in South America since the Spanish conquest.” Ivan Kashinsky and Karla Gachet The last stretch of road that the emperor of the ...

Do long-dead builders have the answer to more sustainable road development? A new exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC shows why the Incan kingdom built a lasting infrastructure.