Of those three concepts, animism was one of the most prevalent across the ancient Andes ... devoted to Inti—the god of the sun and one of the highest deities of the Inca pantheon—and ran ...

The oldest evidence of psychoactive plant use was found in the Andes, revealing how societies used mind-altering drugs to ...

A TOWERING mountain that rises suddenly from the flat Amazon rainforest is cloaked in mystery. Cerro el Cono, the steep ...

Nestled in the Andes near Lake Titicaca—South America’s largest lake and spiritual heartland of the ancient Inca—is a peculiar ... as the ‘Gate of the Gods,’ was discovered in 1996 ...

The 1,310ft-tall peak shoots up from Sierra del Divisor National Park in eastern Peru, near the border with Brazil. Its shape is strikingly similar to the pyramids of Giza - with broad, flat sides ...

Whether it’s thrilling adventures of Sci-Fi worlds, or a transformative emotional journey, these 5 brilliant fiction writers ...

It’s accompanied by the soft chuf, chuf of shovels as workers clear away broken glass, plastic bottles, and spent shotgun shells to reveal the outline of a tiny burial pit cut into an ancient ...

In Ancient Egypt, the Sun was embodied by Ra ... Meanwhile, in Andean legends, the Inca trace their origins to Inti, the Sun god, whose golden rays nourished both crops and lineage. Beyond religious ...

Most tourists will remember it as the Frog Game in Peru, typically played in chicherías, picanterías or town plaza. Yet to ...

The new installation celebrates over 4,000 years of Indigenous art of the Americas with contemporary art, community perspectives, and bilingual materials ...