Sacred sites have long lured travelers seeking a connection to something bigger. In a world grappling with digital overload, ...

Peru’s culture ministry has reversed a decision to shrink the protected area around the Nazca Lines after national and international backlash ...

Archaeologists recently found treasure among trash after someone spotted the hair of an ancient mummy protruding from the ground at a garbage dump next to a pro soccer training facility in Lima, Peru.

That, says Whitney Johnson, director of visuals and immersive experiences, is the kind of effort that makes for a standout National Geographic photo ... in what is now Peru.

Find your inner National Geographic Explorer in these photos. Lucia Sicos Mamani ... For some years now, the Amazonian area of Madre de Dios in Peru has been impacted by legal, illegal, and ...

If so, they might add one more mummy to his intriguingly interwoven family ties. More than a century of excavations in and around Egypt’s Valley of the Kings has revealed 64 tombs and other ...

Researchers are using lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on the mummies ... August 2024 photo provided by researchers shows a mummified human from Peru's Chancay culture.

(photo credit ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences used a new laser illumination technique to reveal fine-line tattoos on 1,200-year-old mummies from Peru’s Chancay culture ...

National Geographic spotlighted its Pictures of the Year in its December 2024 issue. The photos include captivating images of animals, nature, scientific innovation, and landscapes. Photo editors ...

The incredibly preserved mummified body of a teenage girl ritualistically killed an estimated 500 years ago goes by many names in modern culture: Inca Maiden, La Doncella, and Llullaillaco Maiden ...

Their empire stretched from Ecuador all the way to Chile Only 40000 strong they ruled ten million subjects and created one of historys greatest civilizations But with one quick blow the Spanish ...

A trip across Peru feels like passing through multiple ... Published in the Jul/Aug 2024 issue of National Geographic Traveller (UK).