Scientists have unearthed the body of a 4,500-year-old woman in Peru. What’s surprising is that they found not just her bones ...

In the high Andes Mountains of Peru lies Cusco, the former capital of the Inca Empire. It’s a popular destination for trekkers looking to visit monuments such as Machu Picchu. It’s also a protected ...

Along the narrow, cobbled streets of San Blas, the artisanal quarter of Cusco, Peru, is an atelier called Hilo, home to a ...

We know this for a fact: For the first time, direct chemical evidence of these drugs has been found, in residual traces left ...

In southern Peru’s Atico River Valley, archaeologists have unearthed a large tomb filled with the battle-scarred skeletons of ...

His team began work at El Curaca to explore pre-Inca cultures that once inhabited the area. The mass grave included grave goods such as pottery, bone and stone tools, textile fragments ...

It also contained artifacts, such as ceramic vessels, that could be associated with ceremonial activity. Other, similar chambers had similar artifacts, including a chamber that also contained bone ...

Supe, to which the buried woman belonged, are recognized as one of 6 societies that originated human civilization.

Previous research has found the remains of Inca roads and some cave sites with ... There were also "grave gifts" found at the site, including pottery pieces identified as belonging to the ...