THE OLDEST LIVING CITY IN THE AMERICAS. 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 ...

Machu Picchu will always be a bucket-list destination, but its popularity comes with drawbacks. Consider this alternative ...

Beneath the stone-paved streets of Cusco, a city layered with centuries of Andean and colonial history, researchers have ...

Mohenir Julinho Zapata Rodriguez, director of the Inka Museum, said that through this exhibition, he hopes to deepen the friendship between China and Peru further and narrow the cultural exchange ...

Archaeologists must have one of the coolest jobs ever—as long as a lifetime of digging around in the dirt yields some epic results, like priceless artifacts, treasure-filled tombs, or groundbreaking ...

LIMA (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Peru have discovered the remains of what is believed to be wealthy members of the Chimu civilization, a pre-Inca society that thrived for centuries in arid plains ...

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 ...

Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises. That's what some gas line workers got when their digging uncovered eight pre ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. View of the Peruvian Andes near Cuzco - Lialina Olena/Shutterstock Machu Picchu isn't just Peru's most famous tourist attraction; ...