For more than a millennium, many Andean peoples used an object called a "khipu" (also spelled "quipu" and pronounced "key-poo ...

Long before any contact, ancient Peruvian and Chinese civilizations shared remarkable similarities. Both the Inca ...

Rising from obscurity in Peru's Cusco Valley during the 13th century, a royal Inca dynasty charmed, bribed, intimidated, or conquered its rivals to create the largest pre-Columbian empire in the ...

Some 303 previously uncharted geoglyphs made by the Nazca, a pre-Inca civilization in present-day Peru dating from 200 B.C.

Paul Becerra is among the many visitors who have been captivated by the stunning reproduction of artifacts from Southwest ...

Researchers find surprising patterns in Inca khipu, shedding light on these ancient recording devices used for counting and ...

The Australian Museum’s new exhibition, Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru, includes a complex inventory system ...

The Sapa Inca. Meet Emperor Pachacuti in this latest Civilization trailer and learn about this leader's attributes as this ...