Cusco Ministry of Culture An intoxicated man in Cusco, Peru, has defaced a historic Inca artifact known as the 12-angled stone. The carved rock is a piece of a wall that once surrounded a historic ...

Our Lady of the Rosary of Guápulo is a devotional image venerated in the outskirts of Quito, Ecuador, and was promoted by a ...

carved to fit together with no spaces. The wall is emblematic of the advanced engineering performed by the Inca 500 years ago, and similar, smaller angles can be found in walls and buildings ...

Llamas, ponchos, Machu Picchu and Paddington Bear, Peru is often encapsulated into cliches. But step beyond and you’ll ...

The IJ is reprinting some of the late Beth Ashley’s columns. This is from 2007. When the voting got underway, I was in Africa ...

From erotic ceramics to the recently discovered remains of child sacrifice ceremonies: when it comes to fascinating ancient ...

Here you’ll spot sea lions, Peruvian boobies, pelicans and Humboldt penguins and take a sail-by of the Paracas Candelabra — a giant prehistoric Nazcan geoglyph from 220 BC that’s carved into ...

This article uncovers the top historical places in the world to visit, where each landmark unfolds a rich story of the past.