"A thousand years ago we were once part of the magnificent Inca Empire, which also suffered climate change. They planted millions of trees to manage the weather," says Cusco-based Aucca.

Though the 16th-century Spanish conquistador invasion ended the Inca Empire, the legacy of the Incas ... centers and seats of government that were connected by one of the most astounding ...

Analysis of aerial and satellite images has rapidly identified ancient sites, but human expertise is still essential in ...

maps of canals, lists of commodities and the names and professions of citizens. The stone tablets were found by archaeologists from the Girsu Project, a collaboration between the British Museum ...

These cities were part of the vast empire ruled by the Karakhanids ... which allowed researchers to map the buried structures without disturbing the fragile landscape. The findings, published ...

Juliet Wiersema, associate professor of art history, was awarded a $60,000 fellowship to pursue her research project “Spanish Colonial Cartography from Colombia’s Pacific Lowlands, 1710–1810,” which ...

Portugal's voyages of discovery turned the nation into a trading empire. Maps, such as the 1502 Cantino ... Before long, Portuguese merchants were trading in luxury goods (mother-of-pearl ewer ...

Researchers believe the group likely died in a violent clash and were later buried by survivors from their ... which predate the rise of the Inca Empire. The discovery adds a new layer of ...

It took ages but I’ve finally finished this map of US empire (link to larger version), charting US military ... From CIA assassinations that were not part of a coup, US-backed death squad massacres, ...