Cusco is designed in the shape of a puma, a sacred symbol in Incan ... ago as part of an Inca ritual to appease the gods. Chan Chan is an ancient adobe city near Trujillo on Peru’s northern ...

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered ancient temple ruins that could predate the ... and includes an area in the shape of a Chacana, an Incan religious symbol. "It's from both the Inca and pre-Inca ...

Peru’s 1,000 year old salt pans in Maras are still hand mined by local families, preserving Incan heritage and producing ...

Researchers studying an ancient form of string-writing used in pre-Columbian South America have unraveled new clues to a ...

The discovery was made in the Chimu capital of Chan Chan, a short distance north of the modern Peruvian city of Trujillo. The ancient capital ... a pre-Inca society that thrived for centuries ...

A carving of a human with a bird’s head and a painting were found at the ancient temple. Peru Ministry of Culture Before the Spanish conquest of Peru, the Inca were an expansive culture known ...

Archeologists have confirmed the existence of ancient tunnels which run under the famous city of Cusco in Peru. Cusco which is a UNESCO world heritage site is formerly the capital of the Inca empire.

LIMA, July 8 (Reuters) - 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 ...