Archaeologists have located and mapped an extensive network of Inca tunnels under Cusco. The primary underground passageway ...

High above the old Inca capital of Cusco stand the zigzagging ramparts of Sacsayhuaman, a fortress-temple whose walls are ...

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In 1911, a US professor claimed he found the secret mountain stronghold of the last Incan king. 53 years later, a new ...

Cusco is undoubtedly one of South America’s most vibrant cities. Between its rich culture, storied past, and dramatic landscapes, it’s enough to take your breath away—both figuratively and literally.

Scientists in the United States and Canada are reporting the first scientific evidence that ancient civilizations in the Central Andes Mountains of Peru smelted metals, and hints that a tax imposed on ...

Village authorities insisted on handling the khipus without gloves to feel the fibre differences. (Credit: William Hyland) Two vibrant bundles of string, over 10,000 feet high in the Peruvian Andes, ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recognized Qhapaq Ñan, an ancient Incan roadway, as a World Heritage site, reports the AFP. As the New York Times ...

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 Chachapoyas region was conquered by the Inca Empire in the late 15th century. Knowledge of the fate of the local population has been based largely on Inca oral histories, written down only decades ...

Learn how ancient DNA and isotope analysis revealed that Amazon parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru in a pre-Inca trade network. Long before the Inca Empire rose to power, ...