The use of seabird poop as a fertilizer for corn and other food crops supported the expansion of pre-Inca civilizations ...

In a time of increasing criticism over the use of unmanned drones due to privacy and human rights concerns, researchers in Peru are putting these tiny flying machines to spy on the past.

Before the Inca civilization rose to power in what’s now Peru, the Chincha Kingdom reigned as a prosperous society on the country’s southern coast. Now, scientists have discovered that seabird ...

A series of about 5,200 holes stretching nearly a mile (1.5 kilometers) across the Pisco Valley in the southern Peruvian Andes has baffled researchers for nearly a century. But a fresh look at the ...

Explore the last Inca town of Orientate Tambo, hike the ancient Inca trail, and visit the quarry where massive megalithic stones were extracted for the Temple of the Sun. Discover elongated skulls, ...

When the Yale University history lecturer Hiram Bingham III encountered the ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru 100 years ago, on July 24, 1911, archaeologists and explorers around the world (including ...