At the height of its dominion, the Inca empire held sway over much of western South America—from the jagged spine of the Peruvian Andes to the sunbaked deserts of northern Chile. To traverse the ...

Peruvian gas workers made an astonishing discovery beneath the ancient streets of Lima this week — uncovering eight mummies and a number of Pre-Inca artifacts. “We are recovering those leaves ...

When you think of the ancient world, the Incan Empire might come to mind. With fantastic terraces and storehouses in the ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. | Incan artifacts removed from Machu Picchu nearly a century ago and held by Yale University belong to the people of Peru, Sen. Christopher J. Dodd said Wednesday.

LIMA, Peru — Peru’s president announced Friday that Yale University has agreed to return thousands of artifacts taken away from the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu nearly a century ago.

The artifacts included ear-ornaments called orejeras, rattles, looms, spindles, as well as ceramics from all over the realm. ... well before the Inca empire’s 13th century rise.

📜 The Inca Empire: A God Taken Hostage - Atahualpa vs. Francisco Pizarro. ... 'Trash' found deep inside a Mexican cave turns out to be 500-year-old artifacts from a little-known culture.

Peru says the artifacts are composed of centuries-old Incan materials, including bronze, gold and other metal objects, mummies, skulls, bones and other human remains, pottery, utensils, ceramics ...

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP) - Yale University announced Friday that it will send back to Peru thousands of Incan artifacts removed from the famed Machu Picchu citadel nearly a century ago.

Artifact Haul Reveals Pre-Inca Rituals. Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian April 2, 2019. Teddy Seguin. Hundreds of years before the Inca Empire spread along the Pacific coast of South America, another ...

An elaborate Inca offering has been discovered in a lake that may once have been used for human sacrifices. The discovery was made by archaeologists in the Bolivian part of Lake Titicaca. The ...

The Inca empire may have sought to legitimize its power by linking its legacy with the earlier civilization, ... The researchers also found a number of Inca-era artifacts at the Khoa Reef site, ...