Join a virtual tour of Machu Picchu with researcher Brian Forster and explore one of the world’s most breathtaking ancient sites. Travel from Peru’s Sacred Valley to the legendary Inca citadel and ...

ANTH copy 39088019656784 gift from Paul R. Julian. Introduction -- Discovering the Incas and their predecessors -- Native and Spanish sources -- Explorers and the first archaeologists -- 20th-century ...

The Pisco Valley of southern Peru’s Andes Mountains features 5,200 precisely aligned ancient holes dug into the foothills. For a century, what the holes were actually used for has remained a wildly ...

THE OLDEST LIVING CITY IN THE AMERICAS. THIS IS CUSCO, PERU, THE CAPITAL OF THE INCAN EMPIRE. IT’S ALIVE AND IT’S UP THERE AT 11,000FT. THE ELEVATION IS MORE THAN TWICE AS HIGH AS DENVER. BUT ...

Archaeologists must have one of the coolest jobs ever—as long as a lifetime of digging around in the dirt yields some epic results, like priceless artifacts, treasure-filled tombs, or groundbreaking ...

Explore the mysteries of ancient Inca architecture in Cusco as we uncover megalithic walls, precision stonework, and the fascinating transition from original constructions to Inca restorations, ...

Journey high into the Andes Mountains to discover the secrets of the ancient empire of the Inca, a civilization that rivaled the Roman Empire, yet rose and fell within 100 years. The Inca were ...

Long before the Inka (commonly known as Inca in English) rose to power, a mysterious civilization bloomed on the edge of Lake Titicaca. Known as Tiwanaku, it began as a humble farming village in the ...

FILE PHOTO - A seller shows Quinoa to a photographer at her stand at a market in Lima's Surquillo district in Peru on February 25, 2015. REUTERS/ Mariana Bazo/File Photo Quinoa, the sacred "mother ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A digital reconstruction of an ancient temple Before the rise of the Incas, a civilization known as Tiwakanu ruled the Andes, and ...

New analysis of ancient parrot DNA has revealed that vibrant Amazonian parrots were transported alive across the Andes to ...