On the southern shores of Lake Titicaca in present-day Bolivia, more than a thousand years ago, one of the most powerful and enigmatic civilizations of the Andes developed: the Tiwanaku. Considered by ...

Long before the Inka (commonly known as Inca in English) rose to power, a mysterious civilization bloomed on the edge of Lake ...

The ruins revealed the ancient society of a powerful civilization that existed on the southern shores of Lake Titicaca in ...

A Glimpse into History Machu Picchu's history is as intriguing as its breathtaking scenery. Built in the 15th century under ...

Utility workers excavating trenches to expand the network of natural gas pipelines in Peru’s capital have uncovered a ...

Utility workers in Lima, Peru, recently uncovered a 1,000-year-old mummy predating the Inca Empire. The mummy likely belongs to the Chancay culture that existed from 1000 to 1470 A.D ...

Before the rise of the Inca Empire in the 15th century, the Chancay culture thrived on the Peruvian coast between roughly 1000 and 1500. Europeans arrived in the region in the 16th century, and ...

A pre-Hispanic mummy dating back 1,000 years was recently found by utility workers in Lima, Peru, with archaeologists linking it to the Chancay culture that predated the Inca Empire.

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

In the Andean highlands near Lake Titicaca, Sebastian Quimicchi — an Inca from the town of San Pedro de Cocharcas — commissioned a painted copy of the sculpture "Our Lady ...