Archaeologists excavating some 4,000-year-old ruins in Peru found a circular altar used for ceremonial burns, officials said and photos show. Photo from Peru’s Ministry of Culture At the base of an ...

Workers cleaning overgrown bushes and trees from Chupacigarro archaeological site found an ancient pyramid-like building, officials said. Photo from Caral Archaeological Zone, Executive Unit 003 of ...

When severe drought forced the residents of Caral to evacuate their city some 4,200 years ago, they adapted to new climate ...

LIMA (Reuters) - Archaeologists exploring Peru's pre-Colombian past recently unearthed a glimpse of a less prominent chapter in the Andean country's history - the remains of 16 Chinese labourers who ...

Deep in Peru's Amazon rainforest stands Cerro El Cono, a mountain that looks almost too perfect to be real. Rising 1,310 feet ...