Machu Picchu is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, located high in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Built ...

A new discovery reveals over 5,000 perfectly aligned pits on a hillside in Peru.

Researchers say Monte Sierpe’s 5,200 aligned pits once supported trade and accounting, offering a new view of Inca-era ...

A study of Inca skeletons reveals how ancient communities cared for those affected by disabilities and chronic illnesses in the Inca period.

Seabird poop played a key role in Chincha Kingdom agriculture, fueling economic growth and political influence in ancient Peru.

Excavations on Peru's coast reveal pre-Inca parrot husbandry, radiocarbon-dated to 1100-1450, and long-distance transport ...

Centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire, a much smaller kingdom on the central coast of Peru already had a sophisticated ...

Deep canyons in the Andes are the perfect location to catch the most energetic particles in the universe. Carlos ...

Ancient parrots really got around. A new analysis of their DNA found that humans transported living Amazonian macaw parrots across the Andes mountains to coastal Peru hundreds of years before the Inca ...

Centuries before the Inca emerged, Amazonian parrots were carried alive across the Andes and raised in captivity on Peru's coast for their vibrant feathers.

Scientists studied centuries-old bird feathers from an ancient tomb on the coast, and then traced the origins back to the ...