Crossing the Andes by motorcycle feels like flying through another world. The air turns thin the wind sings across the peaks and the road climbs into the clouds. On my CB500X I rode through Paso ...

The famed “Band of Holes” known as Monte Sierpe in the Andes of Peru have puzzled scientists for a century. New research suggests the holes were the site of an ancient marketplace. The Inca rulers may ...

New evidence may resolve a longstanding archaeological puzzle in Peru. A vast line of thousands of holes dug into a ridge in the foothills of the Andes Mountains served as a regional marketplace for ...

BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -After journeying for weeks from a glacier in the Andes to Brazil’s tropical coast, a boat carrying dozens of Indigenous leaders landed in Belem a day ahead of the start of the ...

BELEM, Brazil – After journeying for weeks from a glacier in the Andes to Brazil’s tropical coast, a boat carrying dozens of indigenous leaders landed in Belem a day ahead of the start of the United ...

Deep in the Andes Mountains, near forgotten Inca and pre-Inca sites, lies a granite cave carved with astonishing precision — walls smoothed, angles exact, and surfaces cut as if by machinery.

Unlike other mid-latitude mountain ranges of high elevation, the Andes do not seem to significantly modify the large-scale atmospheric circulation around them. Instead, the prominent Bolivian ...

It has been 63 years since a heartbreaking double tragedy which led to the formation of a heroic team of volunteers who continue carry out life-saving rescue missions. Shepherds Jock Scott and Willie ...

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