A DNA analysis of pathogens from a pre-Hispanic mummy revealed the bacterium that causes strep throat was present in the ...

Tortillas have been made for centuries. But they haven't always looked the same. Here's the story of the ancient, staple food.

The Inca Empire became the largest civilization in the Americas, stretching across vast and dangerous mountain terrain.

From this little-known corner of western Spain, Pizarro, Francisco de Orellana and other conquistadores left for the New ...

Machu Picchu, the Nazca Lines, Lima, Cusco, delicious Peruvian cuisine and alpacas are some of what Peru is known for.

Researchers have identified the genetic material of scarlet fever while examining a tooth from a naturally mummified skull ...

After an earthquake and tomb raiders, archaeologists weren’t sure they would find anything untouched at El Castillo de ...

It’s a good time to remember that it wouldn’t be the first time a whole civilization was wiped out. Here are 12 examples, plus an example of removing parts of the population and trying to erase their ...