Although the Inca Empire reigned across the Americas for just one century, its greatest legacy, Machu Picchu, has intrigued ...

Although the Inca Empire reigned across the Americas for just one century, its greatest legacy, Machu Picchu, has intrigued ...

Usually to get to Machu Picchu from Sydney it takes a 20-hour plane ride to Lima, a further flight to Cusco, a 74km trip by ...

Salta, Argentina - May 28, 2020 It has been 25 years since the discovery of the Children of Llullaillaco -also known as the “Llullaillaco mummies”-, an archaeological discovery that surprised the ...

A mummified Ice Age cub from Siberia is the first known mummy of a saber-toothed cat, and its discovery is generating ripples of excitement among paleontologists. The mummy’s exceptional ...

The range of ceramics documented include puccu plates, bowls, and the iconic Inca aryballos—a spherical ... feed and water mummies of ancestors and deities, make ritual toasts, etc.

For the first time, researchers were able to see inside the mummies in the Chicago Field Museum’s collections. Their findings paint a more comprehensive picture of ancient Egyptian life Julia ...

In September, staff members rolled 26 of the mummies on display at the museum on specially built carts to the parking lot to be put through a mobile CT scanner. The nondestructive technology ...

The Tincan Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) announced it had reached a revenue milestone, collecting N1.046 trillion from January through October—a first for the command in over 40 ...

The Peruvian find comes from a civilisation that predated the Inca with the victims likely being conquered from a nearby village. Archaeologists have found the dead 76 children had their chests ...

Today, archaeologists are learning more about Machu Picchu. They think it was a royal and spiritual place. This makes it key to understanding the Inca civilization. Even though its original name might ...