"We recovered some archaeological remains that were inside a four-meter deep pit. There we found three funerary bundles containing more than one body with rich grave goods corresponding to the Inca ...

The tomb likely belonged to elites from the Riricancho society, which existed in the city prior to the Incas and populated Lima over 500 years ago, lead archaeologist Julio Abanto told Reuters. The ...

Operations in the ancient Incan world would sometimes involve scraping and drilling holes in the skull, a surgery researchers now know was so refined in ancient Peru that survival rates during the ...

The existence of a tunnel network under the ancient Peruvian city of Cusco had been rumored for centuries. At times stretching more than a mile, the labyrinth connected the Temple of the Sun to key ...

Sacsayhuamán shows three distinct architectural styles, massive megalithic blocks, and clear signs of ancient cataclysmic damage that do not match the Inca’s known abilities. New evidence suggests the ...

Researchers are always learning new things about the ancient Inca civilization, which was located in present-day Peru, including the types of medical procedures there. The study was published on June ...

An ancient Incan road that connects Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile may soon be recognized as a World Heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...

Peru’s embassy in Cairo inaugurated a photographic exhibition highlighting the cultural legacy of the ancient Inca Trail to ...

The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content. While today we use the term Inca to refer to all people who were ruled under the empire – from ...

A road that is 3,000 years old and spans the length and breadth of the Andes mountain range in six countries finally got the recognition it was seeking as a heritage site protected by UNESCO, the U.N.