Archaeologists were puzzled when they found parrot feathers in a pre-Inca burial in coastal Peru. A new study suggests that ...

Centuries before the Inca emerged, Amazonian parrots were carried alive across the Andes and raised in captivity on Peru's ...

Ancient DNA pulled from colorful feathers inside a sealed Peruvian tomb has revealed that pre-Inca societies ran a ...

Learn how ancient DNA and isotope analysis revealed that Amazon parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru in a pre-Inca trade network.

Between 1250 and 1400 CE, a kingdom in coastal Peru grew powerful enough that when the Inca Empire came calling, they didn’t conquer it through open warfare, they negotiated. The Chincha Kingdom ...

LIMA, July 8 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Peru have discovered the remains of what is believed to be wealthy members of the Chimu civilization, a pre-Inca society that thrived for centuries in arid ...

Centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire, a much smaller kingdom on the central coast of Peru already had a sophisticated ...

Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises. That's what some gas line workers got when their digging uncovered eight pre ...

Workers installing new gas lines outside Lima, Peru uncovered eight mummies and objects dating back to pre-Inca times last week. Like an onion with several layers, the capital region of Peru has ...