Andean people of the past looked at these strings as a record of the climate, and they studied them to understand patterns.

In a quiet corner of eastern China, nestled between the Tai-Yi Mountains and the Bohai Sea, a discovery has upended ...

Utility workers in Lima, Peru, uncovered a 1,000-year-old pre-Inca mummy during excavation work for a gas pipeline.

A new study reveals beer was key to the Wari empire's 500-year reign in ancient Peru—brewed chicha kept political peace with ...

The Inca Empire managed vast territories without a written alphabet, relying instead on a mysterious system of knotted ...

Four mummified llamas buried alive 500 years ago by the Inca Empire found perfectly preserved in Peru, revealing secrets of ...

Most of them were males—possibly because males are more dominant in the sulfur-crested cockatoo social hierarchy, or because males are larger and therefore more physically able to pull open the ...

Brazil's federal police accused former president Jair Bolsonaro and 35 others of involvement in a sprawling scheme that used the country's intelligence agency to spy on members of the judiciary, ...

Nestled high in the slopes of the Andes, the ruins of Machu Picchu continue to reveal the mysteries of the Inca Empire. While the archaeological site draws scores of visitors to Peru annually ...