But the Inca, whose world came to an end with the arrival of the Spanish in the 1530s, were merely the last in a long line of ancient Andean cultures, including the Moche, Chimu and Nazca ...

"The Moche are very literal ... hoping to learn more about this potential ancient Peruvian queen, and uncover more of Pañamarca's secrets.

"The Moche are very literal ... hoping to learn more about this potential ancient Peruvian queen, and uncover more of Pañamarca's secrets.

Vivanco’s contemporary perspective of Peru’s rich and diverse history will guide visitors through ancient civilisations from Caral and Moche through to the Inca Empire – a powerful visual counterpart ...

Advances in biotechnology now allow for the extraction of ancient DNA and isotopes from skeletal tooth remains, with methods to reconstruct individual origins, regional recruitment practices ...

From the rover's point of view on the ground, it's hard to tell, but this ancient shoreline on Mars seemed to lie inside a 2,050-mile-wide (3,300-kilometer-wide) impact crater called Utopia Basin.

For centuries, historians and linguists have been searching for the cradle of the Indo-Europeans, an ancient people who shaped history and created the world’s largest language family ...

This photo provided by João Zilhão shows forearm bone fragments belonging to an ancient child that appeared to have features from both humans and Neanderthals. (João Zilhão via AP) 33,571 ...