Trying to determine the right time to visit Peru is challenging. If you have glanced at a map, noted the proximity of the ...

Machu Picchu, the historic sanctuary of the Inca Empire and the endpoint of the trail, is on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Still, for an 86-year-old to complete the Andean trail — which ranges ...

We know this for a fact: For the first time, direct chemical evidence of these drugs has been found, in residual traces left ...

The Incas appear out of nowhere and within a few decades their empire develops into the largest empire in the world at that time. Until today the Inca are surrounded by an aura of mystery.

Chavín was a major center of ritual activity between 1200 B.C. and 400 B.C., before the birth of the Inca empire. The complex included stone structures built around open plazas. As people added ...

More thought-provoking reflections on both Inca-era and modern Peru are found at MAC Lima, a small gallery in the bohemian district Barranco. Peruvian woman in national clothing posing on a local ...

grass-woven marvels helped the Inca create the largest empire ever seen in the Americas. And by encountering the only three women alive who know how to make the world’s rarest pasta – a dish ...

The discovery of ancient bones carved into tubes in the mountains of Peru led researchers to conduct chemical analyses. Results of chemical and microscopic studies showed that the tubes contained ...

The 1,310ft-tall peak shoots up from Sierra del Divisor National Park in eastern Peru, near the border with Brazil. Its shape is strikingly similar to the pyramids of Giza - with broad, flat sides ...

One of the best ways to prove that you're integrating in Spain is to know some interesting Spanish trivia. Knowing where some ...