Based on archaeological excavations, we know that ancient Andean civilizations emerged at least as far back as 3500 B.C.E. and evolved until the Spanish conquest started in the 15th century. Notably, ...

Two of the most important Pre-Inca sites in Peru, nearby Trujillo. Huacas del Sol y de la Luna (Sun and Moon Temples/Pyramids) are adobe structures built by the Moche civilization between the 1st and ...

Located near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, the millennia-old city of Tiwanaku was built almost 13,000 feet (4,000 meters) above sea level, making it one of the highest urban centers ever constructed.

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Peru's first great empire left no written records. Now, archaeologists are piecing together who the Wari were with the help of ancient dog mummies.

For centuries, the vanished Inca fortress of Ancocagua existed only in lore. Now, at a mountaintop site in Peru, researchers ...

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A new study challenges widespread notions about khipus, intricate cord and knot information-recording systems, based on Spanish colonial-era sources. Reading time 2 minutes The Inca were a ...