Roughly 21 kilometers off Peru’s southern coast, the Chincha Islands hold vast deposits of seabird guano accumulated over ...

Cotton's history is as rich and complex as the Silk Road itself. Discover its ancient origins and modern uses beyond clothing ...

A deep exploration of Killarok (Kia Rok), the mysterious “Stones of the Moon” outside Cusco, Peru, examining an intricately ...

Maize farmers in Peru’s Chincha Valley were fertilizing their crops with seabird poop as early as the year 1250 ...

Chincha, in southern Peru, is one of several river valleys along the desert coast fed by Andean highland waters, which have long been key to irrigation agriculture. About 25 kilometers out to sea are ...

Explore the legendary Chinkana beneath Cusco as the video investigates ancient Inca tunnels, hidden gold treasures, elongated ...

Archaeological analysis of items from a pre-Inca Peruvian kingdom reveals their prosperity was built on bird poop.

The Shanghai Museum unveiled an ambitious lineup of 12 new exhibitions set for 2026, including the largest exhibition of ...

In 1532, in the city of Cajamarca, Peru, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and a group of Europeans took the Inca ruler ...

A new bioarchaeological study has identified what researchers describe as the first known case of deliberate mummification applied to a child sacrificed during the Inca capacocha ritual. The finding ...

A new El Niño event is emerging in Peru's climate outlook. According to the latest report from the Multisectoral Commission in Charge of the National Study of El Niño Phenomenon (ENFEN), a weak El ...

Before the Inca civilization rose to power in what’s now Peru, the Chincha Kingdom reigned as a prosperous society on the country’s southern coast. Now, scientists have discovered that seabird ...