Researchers uncovered a circular structure on a hillside in Peru’s northern Barranca province, including the remains of stone and mud buildings constructed at about 600m (1,970ft) above sea level ...

From a distance, a stepped stone silhouette on Peru’s coast can look uncannily like something lifted from the Nile. The resemblance is striking enough that visitors often reach for Egyptian ...

In a recent study, Dr. Weronika Tomczyk and her colleagues conducted a zooarchaeological and isotopic study of ancient Andean condor bones from an archaeological site Castillo de Huarmey, providing ...

Officials said the ancient city of Kuélap is the most important archaeological site in northeastern Peru. Photo by Peru's Ministry of Culture. High up in the mountains of Peru’s Amazonas region, in ...

Chachapoyas means “cloud forest” or “people of the clouds.” It refers to a pre-Incan civilization found in northern Peru. And when you’re standing atop the ancient Kuélap Fortress—at an elevation of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists have discovered evidence of psychedelic drug use and “snuff tubes" in a previously sealed-off room at an ancient ...

The items were found in several stalls at the Chiclayo Model Market, officials said. Photo by Peru's Ministry of Culture Peru officials, with the help of archaeologists, seized numerous priceless ...

Introduction -- Discovering ancient trepanation -- Differential diagnosis of holes in the head -- Early explorations: the central highlands of Peru -- Origins of Peruvian trepanation: Paracas and the ...

LIMA, PERU—When severe drought forced the residents of Caral to evacuate their city some 4,200 years ago, they adapted to new climate conditions and built new settlements, The Guardian reports.

LIMA (Reuters) - She died in her twenties some 1,700 years ago, and is believed to have ruled over a desert valley in ancient Peru where her elaborately tattooed body was buried with weapons and gold ...