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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Incan fortresses built about 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 ...

SANTA CRUZ — A recently published study, co-authored by UC Santa Cruz Anthropology Professor Lars Fehren-Schmitz, analyzing the 500 year-old DNA of those buried near Peru’s iconic Incan citadel Machu ...

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 ...

Inspired by recent archaeological research, the people in the Cuzco region of Peru are rebuilding terraces and irrigation systems and reclaiming traditional crops and methods of planting. Cynthia ...

LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru unveiled a priceless manuscript containing the memoirs of former Inca leaders that had disappeared during Chile’s occupation of Lima during the 1879-84 Pacific War. The ...

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 ...