When Uriel plans his work schedule late in summer near his village in the Peruvian mountains, his first decision is usually which friend’s salt pond he will work that day. In keeping with “ayni,” an ...

No, aliens had nothing to do with a winding 1.5-kilometer-long path of holes. First used as a market, the Inca then repurposed it for tax collection.

A mile-long stretch of mysterious holes carved into the Peruvian Andes may have finally given up some of its secrets. New ...

Researchers used drones to get another look at the "Band of Holes" along Monte Sierpe, and their work suggests that the Inca ...

Explore Rainbow Mountain, a striking geological formation located in the high Andes near Cusco, Peru. Also known as Vinicunca ...

Clashes between tourism and mining are not rare in Peru, a country peppered with historic and touristic sites that’s also the world’s second-largest producer of copper, zinc and silver. But in the ...

It’s difficult to comprehend what it means to be alone until you are truly alone. I felt it after the bus pulled away from Puente Ulta, or Ulta Bridge, in Huascarán National Park, eight hours north of ...

In the mountains of Peru, a “dwarf”-like creature munched on a shrub. The “short-legged” animal had lofty aspirations — or at least lofty cravings — and climbed up an inclined tree trunk to snack on ...