Three figure-eight knots tied into strings may be the first word from the ancient Inca in centuries. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content ...

A box of offerings included a gold band reminiscent of a miniature bracelet and a llama or alpaca figurine made of the shell of a rare mollusk. Courtesy of T. Seguin / Université libre de Bruxelles In ...

Peruvians from the Huinchiri community in Cusco region are rebuilding a 500-year-old Incan hanging bridge, made using traditional weaving techniques to literally string a crossing together spanning ...

A multinational South American team from Peru, Brasil and Bolivia led by the Universidad de San Martin de Porres at Lima, Peru, published the first genetic study on the modern descendants of the ...