Archaeologists have analyzed textiles from the ancient city of Huacas de Moche, Peru, showing how the population's cultural traditions survived in the face of external influence. After the Inca, the ...

A final essay describes the legacy of the Wari in the region. The ruins of the Wari capital (also called Wari) are overrun by vegetation, but archaeologists have discovered monumental ceremonial ...

You say you’ve never even heard of the latest subject of a major exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. “We did focus groups, and people had heard of the Inca,” says ...

Boldly graphic and boldly colorful, the tunics and textile accessories mounted in the Masterpiece in Focus Gallery at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art seem as contemporary as fabrics found in the ...

One small, fascinating and chilling wood object from the museum’s own collection, a cackling, feline-headed “sacrificer,” slides a knife across the neck of an unfortunate human victim, whose head ...

Here’s a chance to get “a tantalizing glimpse into a remote civilization, rich and strange,” said Scott Cantrell in The Dallas Morning News. So much remains unknown about the Wari, a people whose ...

The archaeologists spent months secretly digging through the burial chambers Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed a royal tomb with treasures and mummified women from about 1,200 years ago. The ...