This ancient city in modern-day Bolivia is almost 13,000 feet above sea level. Only a small portion of the ruins have been ...

When you think of the ancient world, the Incan Empire might come to mind. With fantastic terraces and storehouses in the ...

In 1911, local farmers in Peru led American explorer Hiram Bingham to the ruins of Machu Picchu, an Incan city built high in the Andes Mountains, introducing the outside world to this ...

Her frozen mummified remains were discovered in 1995 by archaeologists, who named her the "Inca Ice Maiden" and "Juanita." However, no one knew what the mysterious girl looked like — until now.

Great Inca agriculture. The region is home to around 2,500 people, and agriculture - particularly livestock farming - is the key industry. One of the farmers involved in the project, Juan Guillen, ...

An adorable baby pudu at the Oakland Zoo has been given the name Quilla, after a moon goddess in Incan culture. See the little critter.

The face of Peru's most famous mummy, a teen Incan girl sacrificed in the Andes snow more than 500 years ago, was reconstructed in a bust unveiled Tuesday.

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered the remains of what is believed to be wealthy members of the Chimu civilization, a pre-Inca society that thrived for centuries in arid plains nestled between ...

Pre-Inca stomp dancing may also have influenced a dance practiced by the Chocorvos and other Andean groups in the mid-1500s, after Spanish conquest of the Incas in 1532, Lane suspects.