A new look at three children who died in the Inca human sacrifice ceremony known as Capacocha reveals their last few months ...

A diver with a bowl recovered from the Tiwanaku site. (Teddy Seguin) The mysterious Inca Empire is a source of endless fascination to many, representing the largest and most elaborate society of ...

A gold cup such as this may lie among the thousands of priceless items thought to make up the mythical lost Inca gold. This ...

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.

Mechanisms, Causes, and Time of Death of the Western Andean Capacocha of the Southern Tawantinsuyu, presents a detailed ...

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

In 1999, archaeologists found three mummified Inca children, including a teenage girl they named La Doncella, and two younger ...

Airborne laser scanning has exposed a dense network of pre-Hispanic urban centers in Ecuador’s Upano Valley, complete with ...

Inspired by recent archaeological research, the people in the Cuzco region of Peru are rebuilding terraces and irrigation systems and reclaiming traditional crops and methods of planting. Cynthia ...