A deep exploration of Killarok (Kia Rok), the mysterious “Stones of the Moon” outside Cusco, Peru, examining an intricately carved megalithic structure that may have functioned as an ancient Inca ...

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

Archaeologists excavating the ancient Inca provincial center of Tambo Viejo on Peru’s arid southern coast have made an extraordinary discovery: two 500-year-old freeze-dried potatoes. Known as chuño, ...

New discoveries reveal Cusco, Peru, was more than just ancient stone walls. Specialists have found a large underground city ...

The Incas have the double distinction of presiding over the largest empire of the ancient Americas and one of the shortest-lived. Sprawling along the Pacific Coast and across the Andes Mountains to ...

Incan fortresses built some 500 years ago have been discovered along an extinct volcano in northern Ecuador, revealing evidence of a war fought by the Inca just before the Spanish conquistadors ...

Palacio del Inka is a stunning, history-filled hotel. This is the second in a four-part journey exploring Peru’s dramatic landscapes — from captivating cities to pristine coastlines to towering Andean ...

The 500-year-old skull, found in a long-forgotten Inca cemetery outside Lima, Peru, had two round holes just across from each other. Nearby was a plug of bone, recovered intact, that carried the ...

Although the ancient Inca are renowned for their highly organized society and extraordinary skill in working with gold, stone and pottery, few are familiar with the khipu—an elaborate system of ...

A multinational South American team from Peru, Brasil and Bolivia led by the Universidad de San Martin de Porres at Lima, Peru, published the first genetic study on the modern descendants of the ...

A team of researchers with members from several institutions in the U.S., one in the U.K. and one in Peru, has found evidence of forced migration by pre-colonial Incas. In their paper published in ...

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