“Echoes of the Andes” opened at the library this July in collaboration with the Andean Cultural Center of Rhode Island and the Peruvian Consulate in Hartford, Connecticut.

At the Textile Museum, brilliant garments from an all-but-vanished culture make a quiet but compelling display. They were made in the mists of the Andes, in a tradition descended from the Incas. The ...

LIMA, Peru — More than 200 ancient pre-Hispanic artifacts ranging from ceramics to important works of Indigenous art have been successfully reclaimed by Peru from collectors and institutions around ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than 5,000 years, ...

Centuries-old mummified remains from pre-Hispanic South America demonstrate the widespread practice of tattooing. Tattoos on mummies degrade over time due to decay and ink bleed, making it difficult ...