Long before any contact, ancient Peruvian and Chinese civilizations shared remarkable similarities. Both the Inca ...

Visitors admire a replica of a gold mask from Sanxingdui at an ongoing exhibition at the Inka Museum in Cuzco, Peru. The ...

Lima, Peru - Recent Despite being separated by vast oceans and thousands of years, the ancient civilizations of China and ...

Researchers find surprising patterns in Inca khipu, shedding light on these ancient recording devices used for counting and ...

For more than a millennium, many Andean peoples used an object called a "khipu" (also spelled "quipu" and pronounced "key-poo ...

The Incas used mysterious stringy objects called ‘khipus’ to record data. We just got a step closer to understanding them.

There is not a ton of evidence of what education looked like in ancient society, but we do know it existed - although not for ...

Nov. 7, 2024 — Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected ...

What did the ancient Maya believe? This video dives deep into Maya religion during the Classic Period, exploring their rich pantheon of gods, ancestor worship, and intricate calendar systems. Discover ...

I visited Wittenberg a decade ago. The ancient village is surrounded by modern development. But the old streets have been ...

THIS IS CUSCO, PERU, THE CAPITAL OF THE INCAN EMPIRE. IT’S ALIVE AND IT’S UP THERE AT 11,000FT. THE ELEVATION IS MORE THAN TWICE AS HIGH AS DENVER. BUT EXPERIENCING PERU’S ANCIENT HISTORY UP ...