The tomb likely belonged to elites from the Riricancho society, which existed in the city prior to the Incas and populated Lima over 500 years ago, lead archaeologist Julio Abanto told Reuters. The ...

The Peruvian town of Huaytará is home to a 15th-century Inca building that’s unusually simple for the civilization, which is ...

The building in question had only three walls, potentially enabling sound, like drums, to be directed toward the opening and ...

I magine the sound that a boom box the size of a gymnasium might produce, the rumble and clang of its music echoing through ...

A new study challenges widespread notions about khipus, intricate cord and knot information-recording systems, based on Spanish colonial-era sources. reading time 2 minutes The Inca were a ...

Ancient Lost Worlds and Hidden History. On location videos made by author and adventurer Brien Foerster exploring Peru, ...

The existence of a tunnel network under the ancient Peruvian city of Cusco had been rumored for centuries. At times stretching more than a mile, the labyrinth connected the Temple of the Sun to key ...

The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content. While today we use the term Inca to refer to all people who were ruled under the empire – from ...

Researchers are always learning new things about the ancient Inca civilization, which was located in present-day Peru, including the types of medical procedures there. The study was published on June ...

An ancient Incan road that connects Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile may soon be recognized as a World Heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...

LIMA, Peru — Two passenger trains crashed near the ancient Incan citadel of Machu Picchu, an archaeological site in Peru visited by thousands of tourists each year. Images posted on social media ...