Known as Cerro El Cono, this massive, pyramid-shaped ... it 'Andean Apu.' This ancient tradition of worshipping mountain spirits dates back to a time before the Inca Empire, between 500 and ...

The incident at Chan Chan, the largest adobe city in the Americas, has drawn attention to the lax security at the ...

Known as Cerro El Cono, this massive, pyramid-shaped ... it 'Andean Apu.' This ancient tradition of worshipping mountain spirits dates back to a time before the Inca Empire, between 500 and ...

The adventure continues at Kruger National Park, where your safari begins. Slumber in a tent, go on bush walks, zipline, ...

Western scholars believe that Chinese civilization began with the Yinxu Ruins in Anyang, Henan province, a capital of the ...

Western scholars believe that Chinese civilisation began with the Yinxu Ruins in Anyang, Henan province, a capital of the ...

The city of "Los Abuelos" takes its name from two human-like sculptures of an "ancestral couple" found at the site.

The Atlantic has a fascinating deep dive into khipus — long cords that the Inca tied knots into to preserve information. Few ...

Is your knowledge of the ancient Maya as extraordinary as their pyramids?

A 40-mile stretch of a long-gone branch of the Nile may explain why the ancient monuments were built where they were. Children ride a donkey near the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt.

BLACKSBURG — Four years’ worth of research on the ancient Inca Road of the Andes led by a Virginia Tech engineering professor will be part of a major Smithsonian Institution exhibit scheduled ...