On Monday a large, wild, Asian elephant lumbered in on an unexpecting store owner in Thailand. The hungry mammal went straight for the sweet counter, and also devoured bananas and peanuts. The 27-year ...

For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

In return, the government provided a stable food supply and other goods ... expected the royal road of the Inca to have been built similarly to ancient Roman roads, with deep stone foundations.

Drawn by the ancient Incan citadel, a growing number of travellers are waking up to the wealth of attractions that Peru has to offer.

Travelling with kids isn’t for the faint-hearted – but it can be a joyful (if not slightly exhausting, let’s be honest) ...

Beer has historically been a woman's domain, with brewing practices rooted in ancient societies, particularly in Mesopotamia ... In pre-Columbian South America, the Inca and Wari empires had elite ...

When we think of distinctly American food, hamburgers, barbecue, fried chicken and apple pie are some of the staples that come to mind. But did you know that several of ...

By Paarth Mathur ✐ Peruvian Times Contributing Writer ☄ The linguistic landscape of Peru is a story of resilience. Since the ...

Indigenous Quechua communities in Peru's Department of Cusco worked on Friday and Saturday (June 6 & 7) in an annual ...

The Atlantic has a fascinating deep dive into khipus — long cords that the Inca tied knots into to preserve information. Few know how to read the knots, which are hundreds of years old and fragile.