Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient temple ruins discovered in Andes pull back curtain on lost society after 1,000 years Archaeologists have discovered the ...

Archaeologists have unveiled Peñico, an ancient lost city in Peru’s northern Barranca province. Located about 120 miles north of Lima at almost 2,000 feet elevation, Peñico is finally revealed after ...

The famed “Band of Holes” known as Monte Sierpe in the Andes of Peru have puzzled scientists for a century. New research suggests the holes were the site of an ancient marketplace. The Inca rulers may ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An ancient society near the southern shores of Lake Titicaca in modern-day Bolivia was once one of the continent’s most powerful civilizations. Known as Tiwanaku, the ancient ...

The extent to which “civilization” heightens or lessens the likelihood of violent conflict throughout human history has remained one of the most enduring questions among anthropologists. But a new ...

In 2022, we told you about a study reporting evidence that an ancient Peruvian people called the Wari laced the beer served at their feasts with hallucinogens—particularly a substance derived from the ...

In a study, UC Berkeley archaeologists found that a diet including quinoa, potatoes and llama meat fueled ancient inhabitants of the Andes mountain range throughout thousands of years of changing ...

Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of an ancient South American temple they say has helped pull back the curtain on the workings of its enigmatic Andean civilization. Known as the Tiwanaku, the ...

Researchers looked at data about violence over centuries in the area that is now Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Bolivia. (Getty Images) The extent to which “civilization” heightens or lessens the likelihood ...