Fascinating evidence has emerged about historical migration patterns along Peru’s Pacific coast. According to recent data reports, these patterns formed centuries before the rise of the power and ...

"It's been 16 years since I started doing this," recounts Johan Reinhard, easily the world's leading high altitude cultural anthropologist and archaeologist. "I began very much interested in ...

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 ...

Centuries of archaeological research on the Inca Empire has netted a veritable library of knowledge. But new digital and data-driven projects are proving that there is much more to discover about ...

Learn how ancient DNA traced a massive pre-Inca migration along Peru’s coast, and how communities preserved their cultural ...

For centuries, tales of secret tunnels beneath the ancient Inca capital of Cusco were considered little more than legends. Today, archaeology is beginning to substantiate these claims in the ruins ...

Members of the public regularly get in touch with Charles Stanish, an expert on Andean cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. Two years ago, Stanish received a call from a man in ...

In our new study published in PLOS One, we find evidence for a surprising potential source of power and influence: bird poo. Chincha, in southern Peru, is one of several river valleys along the desert ...

LIMA, PERU—According to a Reuters report, a bathing complex built by the Inca some 500 years ago has been discovered in central Peru’s Huanuco Pampa archaeological zone, which is situated along a ...

While installing new gas lines just beneath the busy streets of Lima, Peru, utility workers unearthed an unexpected archaeological bounty: eight pre-Inca mummies and a wealth of artifacts. "We are ...

Despite its title, “The Lost Inca Gold: AI Meets Space Archaeology,” is a love letter to Maine at its core. Dr. William Wood, the author, is not only from Rockland but attended The University of Maine ...