Each year in the first weeks of June, Indigenous communities in the Andes form a human chain to corral the camelids and shear ...

Andean people of the past looked at these strings as a record of the climate, and they studied them to understand patterns.

A newly discovered temple in the Bolivian Andes once served as ceremonial crossroads where llama caravans carrying ...

A pre-Inca mummy unearthed in Peru’s Puente Piedra district reveals details about a young woman’s life and ancient Chancay rituals.

In Cusco, Peru, the Inti Raymi festival was reenacted by hundreds in elaborate robes, celebrating the ancient sun festival ...

Different kinds of tassels indicate offerings made at other ritual sites, each one of which is thought to have its own effect on the local environment. Rituals involving the spirits of the dead ...

This ancient city in modern-day Bolivia is almost 13,000 feet above sea level. Only a small portion of the ruins have been ...

Long before the Inka (commonly known as Inca in English) rose to power, a mysterious civilization bloomed on the edge of Lake ...

In the heart of the Peruvian Andes, the ancient ritual of Inti Raymi returned in full colour on 24 June, as it does each year. Hundreds of actors, many of Indigenous descent, reenacted the sun ...