High above sea level in the remote northern Andes, an extraordinary discovery has brought new clarity to one of Peru’s most ...

A millenniums-old settlement in Michigan has archaeologists rethinking the rise of agriculture on the continent.

TO Gran Pajaténan archaeological site in the Andean forests in Peru, have recently been found 100 ancient structures so far ...

TV historian Dan Snow goes to the ancient site of Machu Picchu in Peru where he makes some exciting discoveries ...

Located roughly 300 miles north of Lima in Río Abiseo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Gran Pajatén complex ...

The election of Leo XIV to the papacy has put an unexpected spotlight on one of the most unusual treasures of Catholic ...

The civilization was known for sophisticated urban centers, ceremonial platforms, cliffside burial structures, and ...

The volume of all the gold in the Inca Empire would have been almost 14 times greater than all the gold then in Europe at that time. Pizarro’s plunder would have been worth more than $387 ...

Up until the time of the Spanish conquest in the 16th century, Inca communities in the Andean highlands used a peculiar form ...

Lake Titicaca was a sacred space to the ancient Andean empire of the Inca, which at its height in the early 16th century controlled territory from modern-day Colombia to Chile. The Inca built more ...

An international team of researchers sequenced the genomes of seven individuals who lived in the ancient Maya city of Copán, ...

A decline in the population density led to the eventual collapse of the Classic Maya civilisation, they concluded. This was ...