An Overlooked Hill in Bolivia Turned Out to Be One of the Andes’ Oldest Temples
A temple bigger than a city block was hiding in plain sight for over 1,000 years.
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This Woman Who Lived 4,500 Years Ago in One of Americas’ Oldest Civilizations Still Has Hair and Nails
She was neither a Mayan nor an Incan. She was an elite Caral.
Archaeologists unearth 500-year-old skeletons of Inca toddlers with smallpox
These children are South America's earliest known victims of a deadly bone infection caused by the smallpox virus.
Inca-era human ‘vertebrae on posts’ may have been one last-ditch effort to save their ancestors’ remains from Conquistador looting
It looks like a gruesome mortuary practice, but the 16th century Andean communities were probably just desperately trying to avoid ...
Who were the Inca, South America’s largest ancient empire?
One of the most unique among all ancient empires.
Newly discovered Mayan sun god temple is covered with magnificent masks
One of the many Mayan stucco masks uncovered at the newly discovered temple. It shows the Maya sun god as ...
Shocking picture of incredibly well-preserved 15 year old girl from the Inca empire
She was a sacrifice, so you can look at it this way: the Inca chose her to go and live ...
