This chapter traces how Nazca’s world was reshaped—first by later Inca administration, then shattered by Spanish conquest and disease—until the stories behind the lines disappeared. But the deeper ...

For nearly a century, a strange band of thousands of holes carved into a Peruvian hillside has defied explanation. Stretching for nearly a mile (1.5 km) along the edge of the Pisco Valley, Monte ...

The existence of a tunnel network under the ancient Peruvian city of Cusco had been rumored for centuries. At times stretching more than a mile, the labyrinth connected the Temple of the Sun to key ...

Small statue from Peru. Some of you might just recognise the plaintive moan or humming sound of a llama ...

Answer: Great white sharks, but the number of attacks is small. There have been 59 fatal great white shark attacks since — ...

Along the western edge of South America, the Andes Mountains encompass one of the largest concentrations of volcanoes on Earth. Many of these volcanoes are active, and in the historical record of ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

This article explores how Trump's National Security Strategy reflects America's view of Europe's diminishing global relevance, analyzing economic decline, demographic challenges, and cultural identity ...

After defeating the forces of Atahualpa, the last Inca emperor, in 1533, Francisco Pizarro dispatched his brother Hernando to a vast religious center on Peru’s central coast called Pachacamac. Just ...

Africa is on a fierce campaign that, if successful, will see the Mercator map replaced with the Equal Earth map on web-based platforms, mobile apps, desktop software, and embedded systems for our home ...

While Machu Picchu and all-things-Inca deservedly make South America’s third largest country a bucket-list staple, there are a world of Peruvian experiences beyond the ancient that are worth ...