Deep in the Sierra del Divisor on the Peru-Brazil border rises El Cono, a striking 400-meter peak that has fueled claims of a lost pyramid in the Amazon. The transcript examines both sides of the ...

Time travel hasn’t been invented, but standing in the dusty desert plains off of Peru’s north-central coast, awed by the sight of a half-dozen crumbling pyramids, I’m not sure that’s entirely true.

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. LiveScience An ancient astronomical alignment in southern Peru has been discovered by researchers between a pyramid, two stone lines and ...

In early 2025, archaeologists announced that they’d uncovered an unknown pyramidal structure at the Chupacigarro site, a kilometer west of the UNESCO‑listed Sacred City of Caral‑Supe in Peru’s Supe ...

Archaeologists excavating some 4,000-year-old ruins in Peru found a circular altar used for ceremonial burns, officials said and photos show. Photo from Peru’s Ministry of Culture At the base of an ...

LIMA, Peru — Although the top tourist destination in Peru is the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, high in the Andes Mountains, the capital Lima also holds a treasure trove of ancient ruins — so ...

Workers cleaning overgrown bushes and trees from Chupacigarro archaeological site found an ancient pyramid-like building, officials said. Photo from Caral Archaeological Zone, Executive Unit 003 of ...

Each storm leaves a new wound: channels carved by water, layers of mud washed away, and reliefs slowly eroded. The increasingly intense rains associated with El Niño are wearing down the adobe ...

The top tourist destination in Peru is the Incan citadel of Machu Picchu. Not so well known is that the capital Lima also holds many ancient ruins — so many that that they can't all be taken care of.