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

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

A new study reveals that the capacocha ritual of child sacrifice, practiced by the Incas, involved ceremonial use of ceramic ...

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

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

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

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

Plus, you can visit the ruins of several of them today. Learn all about these lost civilizations submerged under the sea and the reasons that caused their disappearance. When you think of the ancient ...