The Peruvian town of Huaytará is home to a 15th-century Inca building that’s unusually simple for the civilization, which is ...

This architecture is unusual for the Inca, who are known for intricately designed and durable buildings. As such, it caught ...

The building in question had only three walls, potentially enabling sound, like drums, to be directed toward the opening and ...

"The Latin American centennial celebrations of independence (ca. 1909–1925) constituted a key moment in the consolidation of national symbols and emblems while also producing a renewed focus on ...

The Inca Empire in South America was one of the most powerful pre-Columbian societies. It was known for the architecture of Machu Picchu, an... A lock of hair could rewrite assumptions about the Inca ...

Inca society kept records by encoding information into knotted cords called khipu. A new analysis of hair woven into these cords suggests this... A lock of hair may have just changed what we know ...

The Inca Empire in South America, one of the most powerful pre-Columbian societies, was known for many innovations — such as the architecture of Machu Picchu, an extensive road network, and a system ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. The heaps of khipus emerged from garbage bags in the back of the tiny, one-room museum—clumps of tangled ropes the size of beach balls. Sabine Hyland smiled as ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists say they have discovered the ruins of what they believe are the boundaries of an ancient temple belonging to the mysterious Andean society of Tiwanaku that disappeared around AD ...