Inca polities on Peru’s south coast,” says Bongers. “They were particularly famous for their mercantile activity.” The Band ...

In 1532, Francisco Pizarro led fewer than 200 men against the mighty Inca Empire—and won. This is the shocking story of how ...

A better understanding of the bedrock can help researchers calculate how quickly the continent's melting glaciers might ...

A new bioarchaeological study has identified what researchers describe as the first known case of deliberate mummification applied to a child sacrificed during the Inca capacocha ritual. The finding ...