While there are no records to attest to how the Inca mastered this art, perhaps some conclusions can be drawn from the practices that persist to the present day: children in the Andean highlands ...

The great plaza of Cusco was the political center of the Inca Empire. The Saphy River divided it into two sacred spaces, with the northeast area used for ceremonies. ART: JON FOSTER. JEFF OSBORN ...

A CHILLING discovery has been made in a 700-year-old mass grave that contains the bodies of 76 sacrificed children. The ...

Melanie Prapopoulos, founder and director of North Miami’s The CAMP Gallery, says she has been thinking about the Aristophanes play, “Lysistrata” — the imagined sex strike by Athenian and Spartan ...

The show is situated in the museum’s enchanting terra-cotta arcade, which gives the displayed objects—red velvet pillows, ...

An analysis of previous sacrifices at the same site suggests the victims were conquered people brought to work on the land.

Embalming became an art—practiced in booths set up along the ... Early South American and Inca mummies While the ancient Egyptians may be the best-known mummy makers, they were not the first.

Meanwhile, art history buffs head to the Chilean Museum ... Highlights include pieces from the Inca and Aztec empires and Chinchorro mummies, a funerary technique that's 2,000 years older than ...

“It’s very unusual for us to see the crowned woman seated on a throne inside a building holding court,” said Lisa Trever, a professor of art history and archaeology at Columbia University ...

But if Machu Picchu is the Holy Grail, hiking the Inca Trail is the true pilgrimage ... Practical advice on the art of traveling smarter with tips, tricks and intel from En Route's panel of ...

Peru aims to showcase its renowned cuisine at the APEC Forum by serving world leaders dishes like ceviche, quinoa, and ...