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 ...

A golden sun and immortal bird ornament, along with a massive bronze mask and altar from the Sanxingdui and Jinsha ruins in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, finally met with pottery and golden ...

In many regions in the Andes, where the Inca Empire once flourished, mummies are frequently discovered. It has become clear that there was a mummy culture unlike any other seen in the world. Why did ...

Known as the "Machu Picchu of the North,” Kuélap is a massive pre-Inca fortified citadel built by the Chachapoyas people.

An exhibition of "Light of the Sun: A Dialogue Between Ancient Shu and Inca Civilizations" is being held at the Inca Museum (Museo Inka) in Cusco, Peru, to showcase selected artifacts from the ancient ...

In Pisco Valley in Peru lies a 20-meter-long belt of about 7,000 shallow holes. Their purpose has left researchers baffled for years, according to Ancient Origins. But now researchers think that the ...

Peruvian cultural officials have announced that a cutting-edge electronic survey of the southeastern city of Cusco will allow archaeologists to search for buried artifacts without having to dig, ...