They've currently found a minimum of 227 children, who were likely sacrificed as a ritualistic offering to appease the ...

For centuries, tales of secret tunnels beneath the ancient Inca capital of Cusco were considered little more than legends. Today, archaeology is beginning to substantiate these claims in the ruins ...

Cocaine didn't make its way across the Atlantic until after the Spanish invaded. So how did cocaine end up being found on ...

A new discovery reveals over 5,000 perfectly aligned pits on a hillside in Peru.

Researchers say Monte Sierpe’s 5,200 aligned pits once supported trade and accounting, offering a new view of Inca-era ...

Seabird poop played a key role in Chincha Kingdom agriculture, fueling economic growth and political influence in ancient ...

Ancient DNA reveals pre-Inca societies transported live Amazonian parrots across the formidable Andes mountains.

A new study shows that parrots and Amazon macaws were traded across the Andes for elite feather ornaments long before the ...

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...

The team suspected that “these birds were wild-caught in the rainforest, transported alive across the Andes, and kept in ...

They were dead, but for the sake of the capacocha rituals, their bodies had to undergo a series of more unfortunate events.