Researchers in Peru have considerably expanded the known footprint of Gran Pajatén, a pre-Hispanic settlement of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Archaeologists have found the skeletal remains of four people — two children, a teenager and an adult — at a site in Peru that predates ... B.C.) and predates the Inca Empire, which flourished ...

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 ...

The researchers’ findings also shed some light on the symbols’ enigmatic purpose. Located 50 kilometers (31 miles) inland from Peru’s south ... geoglyphs were along ancient winding trails ...

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 ...