Archaeologists in Peru found 1,200-year-old hairless dog remains, revealing new clues about life in the ancient Wari Empire.

For centuries, the vanished Inca fortress of Ancocagua existed only in lore. Now, at a mountaintop site in Peru, researchers ...

Located about five kilometers north of Prince Albert along the North Saskatchewan River, the site was first identified by researcher and avocational archaeologist Dave Rondeau. While surveying the ...

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South America whispers stories of vanished civilizations, buried treasure, and secrets the jungle refuses to tell. The idea of finding something that’s been hidden for centuries pulls at something ...

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Update: President Trump said Tuesday night he's agreed to a two-week ceasefire, provided Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz. Read more here. Our earlier story is below. Washington — President Trump ...

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 ...

Centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire, a much smaller kingdom on the central coast of Peru already had a sophisticated trade network—one it used to import live parrots across the Andes from the ...

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Ancient DNA from brightly colored feathers found in Peru shows that at least four distinct species of Amazonian parrots — the scarlet macaw (Ara macao), the blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), the ...

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