Centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire, a much smaller kingdom on the central coast of Peru already had a sophisticated ...
High in the cloud forests of northern Peru, there’s a mountain lagoon surrounded by cliffs and dense jungle. Laguna de los ...
Archaeologists were puzzled when they found parrot feathers in a pre-Inca burial in coastal Peru. A new study suggests that ...
This short tells a story about what would happen if Peru tried to bring back the Inca Empire? With them trying to bring it ...
Centuries before the Inca emerged, Amazonian parrots were carried alive across the Andes and raised in captivity on Peru's coast for their vibrant feathers.
Explore the awe-inspiring ancient site of Ollantaytambo in Peru from above with a majestic aerial tour. Discover megalithic ...
A new study shows that parrots and Amazon macaws were traded across the Andes for elite feather ornaments long before the ...
The team suspected that “these birds were wild-caught in the rainforest, transported alive across the Andes, and kept in ...
For centuries, tales of secret tunnels beneath the ancient Inca capital of Cusco were considered little more than legends.
Parrots are vibrant, charismatic, and fascinating creatures. They have become popular pets, but they are a huge ...
Ancient parrots really got around. A new analysis of their DNA found that humans transported living Amazonian macaw parrots across the Andes mountains to coastal Peru hundreds of years before the Inca ...