Ancient temple ruins discovered in Andes pull back curtain on lost society after 1,000 years - The Tiwanaku society thrived ...

The beginning of the end. With the arrival from Spain in 1532 of Francisco Pizarro and his entourage of mercenaries or "conquistadors," the Inca empire was seriously threatened for the first time.

The Inca Empire is thought to have originated at the city of Cuzco in what is modern-day southern Peru. In some mythical tales, the Inca was created by the sun god, Inti who sent his son, Manco ...

On the southern shores of Lake Titicaca in present-day Bolivia, more than a thousand years ago, one of the most powerful and enigmatic civilizations of the Andes developed: the Tiwanaku. Considered by ...

For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

Video. In Cusco, Peru, the Inti Raymi festival was reenacted by hundreds in elaborate robes, celebrating the ancient sun ...

First DNA analysis of Machu Picchu residents offers insight into Inca society DNA analysis, conducted largely at UC Santa Cruz’s Paleogenomics Lab and led by Anthropology Professor Lars Fehren-Schmitz ...

Spain’s moneymaking interest in the former Inca Empire would be revived in 1545 with the discovery of rich silver mines at Potosí ... First, 20 percent of the total ...

Utility workers excavating trenches to expand the network of natural gas pipelines in Peru’s capital have uncovered a ...

Archaeologists found two 500-year-old quarries in Cañete mountains and trail transport network from final stage of Inca empire, photos show.

These writing systems, then—including, possibly, Inca khipus—could illuminate how and why our ancestors first adopted written language: a record of one of the most consequential changes in ...