Learn about the Inca Empire’s advanced society, architecture, and culture through archaeological research across South America.
Archaeologists working on high Andean volcanoes have identified the first clear case of deliberate mummification of a child sacrificed in ...
A recently studied 500-year-old Inca khipu (Quipu) has overturned assumptions about who created these intricate thread-based documents. The study, published ...
Archaeologists have unearthed more than 200 pre-Hispanic structures and two ceremonial club heads in the Amazonas region, Peru—shedding new light ...
Archaeologists are exploring the sacred landscapes where the Incas once walked during their Capacocha rituals. This ancient sacrificial ceremony involved ...
The Incas, renowned for their vast empire and sophisticated culture, controlled their expansive territory through a strategic combination of military ...
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of smallpox in the remains of two toddlers buried in a 16th-century cemetery in Huanchaco, a ...
Archaeologists in Lima's oldest neighborhoods have unearthed four remarkably well-preserved mummified children, believed to be at least 1,000 years old. ...
Over 500 years ago, high in the Andes Mountains in present-day Peru, an Incan girl met a tragic end as ...
Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed a 1,000-year-old mummy at the Huaca Pucllana archaeological site, located within the upscale Miraflores neighborhood. ...
