The texts contain cuneiform symbols, an early writing system, and show the red tape of government bureaucracy dates back over ...

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Here are some destinations with deep historical significance you must visit: Explore Roman Empire ruins, including the ...

Machu Picchu in the Andes Mountains is a little off the beaten path, but it is still close to several hidden gems where you ...

Mexico City lawmakers on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to ban violent bullfighting, triggering outrage from aficionados and ...

A Peruvian fisherman has been rescued after spending 95 days lost in the Pacific Ocean, eating cockroaches, birds and sea ...

The girl was only 13 years old when she was sacrificed to the gods but had been frozen in time for hundreds of years when a ...

He promised law and order. Instead, his scandal-ridden mayoralty became a symbol — and engine — of the city’s chaos. Credit... Supported by By Matt Flegenheimer and Dana Rubinstein ...

The site was uncovered by Yale professor and adventurer Hiram Bingham III in 1911, who mistakenly thought it was the Lost City of the Incas, filled with gold. In a way he was right, with Machu ...

The original sculpture (now lost) from the sanctuary in Guápulo carved ... by Indigenous devotees as a representation of the Inca goddess Pachamama or Mother Earth, an important deity in every ...

Andean warriors the Incas may have been ... jungle-shrouded sliver of Colombian yesteryear fit the concept of a “lost city” that its name is a direct translation. The indigenous Kogi people ...