Located near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, the millennia-old city of Tiwanaku was built almost 13,000 feet (4,000 meters) above sea level, making it one of the highest urban centers ever constructed.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient temple ruins discovered in Andes pull back curtain on lost society after 1,000 years Archaeologists have discovered the ...

Long before the Inka (commonly known as Inca in English) rose to power, a mysterious civilization bloomed on the edge of Lake Titicaca. Known as Tiwanaku, it began as a humble farming village in the ...

Archaeologists stumbled upon what they considered to be one of the earliest examples of civilization in the Andes. The Tiwanaku civilization preceded the Inca empire but mysteriously disappeared ...

Archaeologists have unveiled Peñico, an ancient lost city in Peru’s northern Barranca province. Located about 120 miles north of Lima at almost 2,000 feet elevation, Peñico is finally revealed after ...

MOA will present the world premiere of TUPANANCHISKAMA, an exhibition delving into ancient Andean cosmovision, from March 19, 2026, to January 3, 2027.

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 ...

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Researchers looked at data about violence over centuries in the area that is now Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Bolivia. (Getty Images) The extent to which “civilization” heightens or lessens the likelihood ...

In a study, UC Berkeley archaeologists found that a diet including quinoa, potatoes and llama meat fueled ancient inhabitants of the Andes mountain range throughout thousands of years of changing ...

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Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of an ancient South American temple they say has helped pull back the curtain on the workings of its enigmatic Andean civilization. Known as the Tiwanaku, the ...