National Museum of the American Indian In the Americas, white pigments were usually calcium carbonates—lime or chalk. In Europe, they were lead white. How did the Inca jump 400 years into the ...

Located in a beautiful 16th-century colonial mansion that was once home to Spanish Admiral Francisco Alderete Maldonado, the Museo Inka (Inca Museum) boasts an eclectic assortment of Incan artifacts.

the Inca Road. On a recent trip to Peru, National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) colleagues and I saw this great road firsthand; it will be the focus of a NMAI exhibition, tentatively ...

Have you ever suffered from museum blindness? A complete overwhelm at the sheer amount of stuff – often quite similar stuff – ...

This museum is renowned for housing “Juanita” the Ice Maiden, a remarkably well-preserved Inca mummy discovered on Mount Ampato in 1995. Juanita was a young girl who was sacrificed over 500 ...

The museum's permanent collection includes a diverse ... Highlights include pieces from the Inca and Aztec empires and Chinchorro mummies, a funerary technique that's 2,000 years older than ...

Trump, bolstered by the U.S. Supreme Court amid ongoing litigation, invoked the 1798 law, a wartime authority allowing the ...

Celebrate documentaries and dramas at Filmfest D.C., explore hundreds of bands during Petworth PorchFest, and sample gourmet chocolate from around the world.

Today we're announcing our eighth annual GamesBeat Visionary Awards and the team of judges we’ve selected to help pick the winners of this year’s awards.

A comprehensive analysis of thousands of homes from the last 10,000 years reveals the distribution of wealth in ancient times ...

As Washington’s famed cherry blossoms burst into bloom on Saturday, the lobby of the National Museum of African American History and Culture bustled with visitors. Hundreds of out-of-town ...