The discovery of ancient bones carved into tubes in the mountains of Peru led researchers to conduct chemical analyses.

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a 2,500-year-old secret drug room filled with hollowed-out bird bones containing ...

Two thousand years before the Inca Empire extended its dominion over the Andes, a much less known yet culturally influential ...

"Land of the Four Quarters" or Tahuantinsuyu is the name the Inca gave to their empire. It stretched north to south some 2,500 miles along the high mountainous Andean range from Colombia to Chile ...

Snuff tubes uncovered at Chavin de Huantar in Peru reveal how leaders used mystical experiences to cement their power.

Rising from obscurity in Peru's Cusco Valley during the 13th century, a royal Inca dynasty charmed, bribed, intimidated, or conquered its rivals to create the largest pre-Columbian empire in the ...

All gold belonged to the ruler of the empire, the Inca himself, who claimed to be descended from the sun god. Llamas were the Incas' most important domestic animal, providing food, clothing and ...

Two thousand years before the Inca empire dominated the Andes ... likely reserved for a select few, reinforcing the social hierarchy," said Daniel Contreras, Ph.D., an anthropological ...

Two thousand years before the Inca empire dominated the Andes ... likely reserved for a select few, reinforcing the social hierarchy," said Daniel Contreras, Ph.D., an anthropological ...