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 ...

Archaeologists uncover the first case of deliberate mummification of an Inca child, shedding new light on ancient Andean ...

Archaeologists must have one of the coolest jobs ever—as long as a lifetime of digging around in the dirt yields some epic results, like priceless artifacts, treasure-filled tombs, or groundbreaking ...

LIMA (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 plains ...

Mohenir Julinho Zapata Rodriguez, director of the Inka Museum, said that through this exhibition, he hopes to deepen the friendship between China and Peru further and narrow the cultural exchange ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than 5,000 years, humans have adorned themselves with tattoos. In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from ...

LIMA (Reuters) -A small sculpture of two toads, and other water-linked symbols found near the Peruvian city of Caral - once the oldest city on the continent - have helped archaeologists confirm that ...

The dug-out passages may follow the exact path of the Inca capital’s aboveground roads Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent Spanish settlers knocked down all but the foundations of the Temple of the Sun ...

Chachapoyas means “cloud forest” or “people of the clouds.” It refers to a pre-Incan civilization found in northern Peru. And when you’re standing atop the ancient Kuélap Fortress—at an elevation of ...