They were dead, but for the sake of the capacocha rituals, their bodies had to undergo a series of more unfortunate events.

The Incas were known to engage in a sacrificial ritual involving children to appease their gods. Archaeologists have found ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

New CT scans of Inca child mummies show how sacrifice rituals were carefully controlled and continued after death.

The Inca Empire in South America, one of the most powerful pre-Columbian societies, was known for many innovations — such as the architecture of Machu Picchu, an extensive road network, and a system ...

Utility workers excavating trenches to expand the network of natural gas pipelines in Peru’s capital have uncovered a pre-Inca mummy approximately 1,000 years old, barely 20 inches from the surface.