But long before the west coast of South America was ruled by the Incas, an even more enigmatic society inhabited the Andes, ...

More than 6,000 middle-aged and older Hispanic and Latino adults enrolled in a major federal health study are showing ...

For centuries, the tattoos lay hidden beneath ageing skin, too faint to be clearly seen. Archaeologists had studied the mummy ...

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A strange band of 5,200 holes in Peru may have been hiding an ancient system of trade, counting, and power in plain sight.

New radiocarbon dating of the ‘Llullaillaco Maiden’ appears to rule out a response to natural disasters or Inca campaigns of ...

Tables and chairs were stacked inside Inca Mexican Restaurant on June 3 as owner Mario Gutierrez packed up the longtime Fort Collins business following its May 31 closure, ending a 24-year run on ...

Mummy returned after 119 years in Buenos Aires museum to Kolla indigenous community Kolla leader says child symbolizes cultural identity and enduring traditions University of Buenos Aires apologized ...

For centuries, the vanished Inca fortress of Ancocagua existed only in lore. Now, at a mountaintop site in Peru, researchers are zeroing in on a discovery that could reshape what we know of the empire ...

The Incas were known to engage in a sacrificial ritual involving children to appease their gods. Archaeologists have found and analyzed the remains of these human sacrifices, although not all of them ...

Archaeologists in Bolivia have discovered 135 ancient hilltop sites including an enormous circular structure where they say members of ancient Andean cults would have once worshipped the sun. The ...