For the Incas, certain objects and places in nature (or crafted by humans) are huacas – sacred stuff. What does this concept ...

The Inca Empire once stretched 2,500 miles along the Andes of western South America. At its height, it was one of the largest empires in the world and, in geographic terms, the most extensive polity ...

Peru’s mountaintop icon has long been a poster child for overtourism, and despite recent measures to limit visitation, travelers still have to deal with, well, other travelers at this sacred space.

The combination of archaeological and scientific data allows for a more complete narrative of how the children sacrificed during Capacocha lived and died, and how their lives were deeply intertwined ...

Peru is celebrating two decades since the creation of a genetically modified breed of guinea pig, a rodent whose meat has ...

The best known conquests are those of the Aztec empire (Mexico), defeated by the troops of Hernán Cortés between 1518 and ...

Japanese scientists have used artificial intelligence to uncover 303 new etchings in Peru's Nazca desert—doubling the amount of known geoglyphs made some 2,000 years ago by a pre-Inca civilization ...

The people that formed the Nazca civilization lived in the area of southwestern Peru from 200 BC to 700 AD. What drove them to create the lines, designated a UNESCO World Heritage site ...

If you’re struggling to take over the world in the latest edition of Sid Meier’s iconic strategy series, our Civilization 6 tier list is here to help ... Six Sky (Maya), Ludwig II (Germany), Mansa ...

Manuel Corpas, speaker at the upcoming Festival of Genomics and Biodata, tells us about his research, career and journey to the Amazon.

Brian Bauer, an expert in Andean civilization at the University ... archaeological evidence makes it clear that the Inca weren't the only people to live at Machu Picchu. The evidence shows ...