Megalomaniacs, consider yourselves warned. Anchovies will not help you build your empire. To rule long and prosper, serve corn. That's the word from archaeologists who say they've solved a mystery ...

Science had long ignored the stone pyramids of Norte Chico, which rise about 100 miles north of Lima in Peru. Though impressive to look at–some of the terraced structures were as tall as an ...

Arlington, Va.- The Norte Chico ("little North") region midway on the Peruvian coast contains the earliest known evidence of a cohesive, large-scale and organized society in the Andean region. Recent ...

CHICAGO-- Recent archaeological excavations and a new series of 95 radiocarbon dates confirm the presence of an extraordinary complex of more than 20 major ceremonial and urban centers extending back ...

The Sacred City of Caral or Caral-Supe is the capital of the Norte Chico Civilization of Supe located in the Supe Valley, 200 km (124 miles) north of Lima. The Sacred City of Caral is the earliest ...