Explore the Inca Empire's Road Network, the Qhapaq Ñan. This ancient engineering marvel connected a vast civilization across challenging mountainous terrai ...

The once-in-a-lifetime discovery of unlooted graves containing ancient weapons, jewelry, and 38 skeletons provides insight ...

The Sacred Valley of Peru preserves remarkable traces of Inca civilization among the dramatic landscapes of the Andes. This elevated view captures extensive agricultural terraces carved into the ...

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 ...

LIMA, July 8 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Peru have discovered the remains of what is believed to be wealthy members of the Chimu civilization, a pre-Inca society that thrived for centuries in arid ...

THE OLDEST LIVING CITY IN THE AMERICAS. THIS IS CUSCO, PERU, THE CAPITAL OF THE INCAN EMPIRE. IT’S ALIVE AND IT’S UP THERE AT 11,000FT. THE ELEVATION IS MORE THAN TWICE AS HIGH AS DENVER. BUT ...

New analysis of ancient parrot DNA has revealed that vibrant Amazonian parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru centuries before the Inca Empire, highlighting a sophisticated ...

Learn how ancient DNA and isotope analysis revealed that Amazon parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru in a pre-Inca trade network. Long before the Inca Empire rose to power, ...

Stone alignments revealed an ancient temple, called Palaspata after the native name for the area. The temple complex is approximately 125 meters long by 145 meters wide — about the size of a city ...