The global launch of an upcoming exhibition at Shanghai Museum, On Top of the World Tree: Ancient Civilizations of the Americas, was held in Shanghai on May 8. [Gao Erqiang/China Daily] Shanghai ...

Our expert reveals how to visit Peru’s ultimate bucket-list destination, with sacred sites and soaring mountains Chris Moss is a writer, editor and hotel expert on the UK, Spain and Latin America. He ...

On 21 June, the southern hemisphere will experience the shortest day and longest night of the year. Why is that so important? Australia is about to endure its shortest day of the year as the annual ...

Maya, Aztec, and Inca are often grouped together as the "three sets of ancient American civilizations." However, these three are not from the same era or the same civilization sphere. The Maya is a ...

Back in 2007, my brother and I hiked the Inca Trail through the Andes mountains of Peru to the ancient city of Machu Picchu, one of the seven wonders of the world. Now, for a limited time, Central ...

An archaeologist working on the dig told the New York Times that they found the remains of 26 people, along with a half-eaten ...

Val Brinkerhoff’s quest to photograph sacred spaces around the world began with a curiosity about the shapes and symbols of the temples and tabernacles of his own faith. “I wanted to really understand ...

When Kesha performed in Manchester last year, the American singer delivered a mad show featuring all sorts, including gimp masks, pig men, and drag queens, to name just a few. So, she had set a pretty ...

Long before the Inca, and possibly even before the pyramids of Giza, a massive city rose in the deserts of western Peru. Caral, capital of the Norte Chico civilization, was home to tens of thousands ...