Long before modern refrigeration, the ancient Inca Empire was preserving food for years and moving it across vast distances. Archaeologists have now uncovered rare evidence of that system in Peru. Two ...

A deep exploration of Killarok (Kia Rok), the mysterious “Stones of the Moon” outside Cusco, Peru, examining an intricately ...

In a rare find, archaeologists in Peru have discovered freeze-dried potatoes that the Inca carried hundreds of miles from the Andes so their people would not starve.

Rising from obscurity to the heights of power, a succession of Andean rulers subdued kingdoms, sculpted mountains, and forged ...

An Inca citadel in Peru may reshape Andean history with hundreds of structures and thousands of remarkable artifacts.

The famed “Band of Holes” known as Monte Sierpe in the Andes of Peru have puzzled scientists for a century. New research suggests the holes were the site of an ancient marketplace. The Inca rulers may ...

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 ...

The Chincha Islands off the coast of Peru are home to many seabird species that cover their island homes with thick layers of poop, or guano. New research now suggests that ancient Peruvians in the ...

In the Providence Public Library, a new exhibit is showcasing pre-Hispanic Peruvian artifacts in celebration of the 200th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and Peru.

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 ...

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