Long-distance migration along Peru's Pacific coast began at least 800 years ago, centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire ...

In our new study published in PLOS One, we find evidence for a surprising potential source of power and influence: bird poo.

The Inca Empire in South America, one of the most powerful pre-Columbian societies, was known for many innovations — such as the architecture of Machu Picchu, an extensive road network, and a system ...

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In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the Inca Empire was the largest South America had ever known. Centered in Peru, it stretched across the Andes’ mountain tops and down to the shoreline, ...

According to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which has the statue in its collection, the llama stands about 2 inches (5.1 centimeters) tall and was crafted from an alloy of silver, gold and copper.

What remains of the Inca legacy is limited, as the conquistadors plundered what they could of Inca treasures and in so doing, dismantled the many structures painstakingly built by Inca craftsmen to ...

The Inca recognized the importance of guano and the islands where the so-called guano birds breed as central to the survival of their civilization — and they responded by implementing the first ever ...

A cotton and agave fiber Inca khipu is seen at an exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Brendan Smialowski | AFP via Getty Images) The Inca ...