The Incas were known to engage in a sacrificial ritual involving children to appease their gods. Archaeologists have found ...

The Incas—a civilization that ruled over vast swathes of South America's Andean region in the 15th and 16th centuries—intentionally built Machu Picchu, and other cites, in a location where tectonic ...

A stargazer from the northern hemisphere is overwhelmed by the strange splendor of the southern skies. Southern constellations don’t contain the fascinating myths and stories of their northern ...

A study found the first archeological evidence that the Incas used ayahuasca. A new analysis found traces of the drug in the hair and toes of mummified children sacrificed in rituals. It may have been ...

Global warming is not necessarily always bad. A 400-year warm spell in South America fueled the Incas’ rise, British archaeologists reported Monday, helping them build the largest empire that ever ...

Researchers have found evidence that hallucinogenic plants were used on children as part of sacrificial rituals in Peru hundreds of years ago. Ritual ceremonies played an important role in the Inca ...

LIMA, Peru — In a dry canyon strewn with the ruins of a long-dead city, archaeologists have made a discovery they hope will help unravel one of the most tenacious mysteries of ancient Peru: how to ...