Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. World Monuments Fund (WMF) announced a monumental discovery at Gran Pajatén, one of Peru’s most significant archaeological sites ...

In the Andean cloud forest, the myth-shrouded Chachapoya civilization offer some of Peru’s most evocative historic sites. And few tourists. The Chachapoya, traders, artisans and warriors, thrived in ...

An unusual archaeological site discovered in Peru’s mountains may hold clues to the history of the Chachapoya people, known as “cloud warriors,” who fought the Inca Empire before the Spanish conquest.

Professor Hans Giffhorn was puzzled when he first encountered Kuelap because no other fortress in the whole of America displays similar construction techniques. He knew that fortresses like this were ...

Researchers in Peru have announced the discovery of more than 100 previously unknown archaeological structures at Gran Pajatén, a pre-Columbian settlement in the remote reaches of the Andes Mountains.

The World Monuments Fund (WMF) announced the discovery of over 100 archaeological structures belonging to the indigenous Chachapoya culture within the Gran Pajatén complex in Peru. This finding marks ...

The broken skeletons were scattered like random pottery shards, rediscovered where they had fallen centuries ago. Were these ancient people cut down in some long-forgotten battle? Did ...

Archaeologists must have one of the coolest jobs ever—as long as a lifetime of digging around in the dirt yields some epic results, like priceless artifacts, treasure-filled tombs, or groundbreaking ...

Archaeologists with the World Monuments Fund uncovered over 100 previously unknown archaeological structures in Peru’s Rio Abiseo National Park. The area in and around the park was the home of the ...

The Peruvian Andes’ remoteness, extreme elevation, and lush cloud forest have long shielded its mysteries from modern eyes. For decades, archaeologists have suspected that far more remained buried in ...