LIMA (Reuters) - Peru has filed a lawsuit against Yale University to recover relics taken nearly a century ago from the ancient Incan capital of Machu Picchu, the country's top tourist spot, the ...

A little tip for the would-be Indiana Jones profiteers out there: Don’t sell your illegally plundered ancient artifacts on eBay. One seller learned that lesson the hard way last April, when ...

In the early 1900s, Machu Picchu -- an Inca site perched high in the Andes mountains -- was well known to locals, but largely forgotten internationally. In 1911, explorer Hiram Bingham wrote about the ...

DENVER (AP) - Dozens of artifacts are on their way back to Peru after being seized in the United States during investigations into the smuggling of cultural relics. Investigators from U.S. Immigration ...

In the Providence Public Library, a new exhibit is showcasing pre-Hispanic Peruvian artifacts in celebration of the 200th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and Peru.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Peruvian Foreign and Culture Ministries on Friday exhibited 133 archaeological and cultural pieces handed over by museums in ...

LIMA, Peru -- Peru is preparing a lawsuit against Yale University to retrieve artifacts taken nearly a century ago from the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, a government official said Wednesday. Peru has ...

The items were found in several stalls at the Chiclayo Model Market, officials said. Photo by Peru's Ministry of Culture Peru officials, with the help of archaeologists, seized numerous priceless ...

Locals outside Lima, Peru, noticed some dusty items in a vacant lot. Archaeologists excavated, found dozens of 500-year-old items. Photo from Peru’s Ministry of Culture On the outskirts of Lima, Peru, ...

A book from the 1700s that a traveler tried to smuggle through Bush Intercontinental has been formally returned to the country of Peru, federal officials said today. The manuscript had been stolen ...