Photos show the ancient circular structure where elites would set fire to offerings of beads, food or other items.

A team of archaeologists started excavating a pyramid at the Era de Pando Archaeological Site as part of ongoing research into the Caral-Supe civilization, a 5,000-year-old society considered the ...

A 5,000-year-old fire altar unearthed in Peru's Supe Valley is rewriting the origins of American civilization with echoes ...

The shift from ancient to modern metropolises often leaves historians and curious minds asking: which are the oldest ...

Two Italian scientists claim to have discovered 38,000-year-old structures buried deep beneath the pyramids. But there's a big reason to be skeptical. A pair of researchers has claimed to find ...