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 ...

The last map of the Inca Road, considered the base map until now, was completed more than three decades ago, in 1984. It shows the road run­ning for 14,378 miles.

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

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

The Inca had no written language, no draft animals, no metal tools and no wheeled vehicles. Yet, at its peak the empire had absorbed 100 indigenous nations and had a population of more than 10 ...

These remote Inca ruins rival Machu Picchu. A trek high in the Peruvian Andes reveals dazzling ancient buildings, stellar views, and mysterious llama art.

Researchers studying an ancient form of writing used by the Incas in pre-Columbian South America have unraveled new clues to a longstanding mystery.. The research, undertaken by Professor Sabine ...