MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — WKRG News 5 is your guide for all things Mardi Gras on the Gulf Coast. The Order of Inca and Order of Kahos are scheduled to parade through downtown Mobile on Friday, Feb. 6, ...

Only an hour into a one-day trek on the Inca Trail and I’m already doubting myself. The 12 kilometres to Machu Picchu started out flat but I’ve been climbing what feels like an endless set of stairs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The existence of a tunnel network under the ancient Peruvian city of Cusco had been rumored for centuries. At times stretching ...

The famed “Band of Holes” known as Monte Sierpe in the Andes of Peru have puzzled scientists for a century. New research suggests the holes were the site of an ancient marketplace. The Inca rulers may ...

A hillside in Peru covered by more than 5000 aligned holes may have been a giant Inca accounting device – a spreadsheet, but on a monumental scale. Tracing across the slopes of Monte Sierpe (Serpent ...

Along a rocky ridge in Peru, a formation of more than 5,000 closely aligned holes creeps up a mountain like a mile-long snake. When archaeologist Charles Stanish first glimpsed this giant “Band of ...

The Peruvian town of Huaytará is home to a 15th-century Inca building that’s unusually simple for the civilization, which is known for its intricate architecture, like the structures seen across Machu ...

Inca bureaucrats recorded all the goings-on in their bustling empire using knotted cords called khipu, where the position and order of the knots represented numbers. They relied on the khipu system to ...

The Inca Empire in South America, one of the most powerful pre-Columbian societies, was known for many innovations — such as the architecture of Machu Picchu, an extensive road network, and a system ...

A new study challenges widespread notions about khipus, intricate cord and knot information-recording systems, based on Spanish colonial-era sources. Reading time 2 minutes The Inca were a ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

HUACA YOLANDA, PERU—Peruvian authorities announced the discovery of a uniquely decorated ancient wall at the site of Huaca Yolanda, France 24 reports. A team from the Pontifical Catholic University of ...