The Peruvian town of Huaytará is home to a 15th-century Inca building that’s unusually simple for the civilization, which is ...

I magine the sound that a boom box the size of a gymnasium might produce, the rumble and clang of its music echoing through ...

The building in question had only three walls, potentially enabling sound, like drums, to be directed toward the opening and ...

The Inca empire is renowned for its architecture; its buildings were intricately designed and extraordinarily durable. But this summer, it was another aspect of Inca construction that captured the ...

This architecture is unusual for the Inca, who are known for intricately designed and durable buildings. As such, it caught ...

The building is known as the carpa uasi, a name that means “tent house”, which is a reference to its open-ended side. It is ...

Key takeawaysUCLA art history professor Stella Nair is collaborating with an interdisciplinary team analyzing a unique Inca ...

1. Genre and Context in Inca Historical Narratives -- 2. Structuring Remembered History -- 3. Making History Visible -- 4. Huayna Capac's History -- 5. Huayna Capac's Royal Estate -- 6. The ...

A team of Peruvian archaeologists has found a new trail leading to the Machu Picchu complex in Cusco, Peru — even if much of the road is still heavily covered by thick vegetation. The discovery was ...

Locals in the southern rainforest of Peru may have stumbled across an Inca city while grazing cattle. The Provincial Municipality of La Convención shared images of the site, close to the National ...