For centuries, the tattoos lay hidden beneath ageing skin, too faint to be clearly seen. Archaeologists had studied the mummy ...

For more than 40 years, my husband Barry and I have undertaken long-distance walks throughout the world, usually coinciding with a milestone birthday The year I turned 30, we hiked the Muktinath trail ...

Tables and chairs were stacked inside Inca Mexican Restaurant on June 3 as owner Mario Gutierrez packed up the longtime Fort Collins business following its May 31 closure, ending a 24-year run on ...

Mummy returned after 119 years in Buenos Aires museum to Kolla indigenous community Kolla leader says child symbolizes cultural identity and enduring traditions University of Buenos Aires apologized ...

For centuries, the vanished Inca fortress of Ancocagua existed only in lore. Now, at a mountaintop site in Peru, researchers are zeroing in on a discovery that could reshape what we know of the empire ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Inca quipu was a complex ...

The Incas were known to engage in a sacrificial ritual involving children to appease their gods. Archaeologists have found and analyzed the remains of these human sacrifices, although not all of them ...

Always wondered what everyday stuff celebrities buy, where they shop for food and the basic they scrimp on? Ben Fogle talks to the Filter about vintage clothing, toothpaste and garden makeovers gone ...

Major archaeology and cultural sites are starting to re-open across the world. Machu Picchu, one of the most famous archaeological sites in all of Latin America, has reopened with the spectacle of an ...

We are planning to hike the Inca Trail at the end of June. I know it is cold and may rain. Boots - should be waterproof, but is goretex necessary? Any thoughts on long underwear. Should I go the ...

A brilliant new study on unkus, a type of standardized Inka tunic, has shed light on a rather important matter of socio-political organization – that of centralization of power. Based on the unku ...

A hillside in Peru covered by more than 5000 aligned holes may have been a giant Inca accounting device – a spreadsheet, but on a monumental scale. Tracing across the slopes of Monte Sierpe (Serpent ...