The final resting place of Emperor Atahualpa of the Incas may be in Ecuador, not Peru, a recent discovery suggests.

It has been sought for centuries but remained a mystery, still out of reach. Now an expert has pinpointed a site that could be Atahualpa's resting place: the last Inca emperor's tomb.

QUITO, Ecuador — A 71-year-old provincial notary who died in a luxury hotel room earlier this year left behind a teenage girlfriend and a crumbling $800 million pyramid scheme that has blossomed ...

ECUADOR (CBS) – An entire town in South America is going for the record books for the world's largest floral arrangement. Pedro Moncayo, Ecuador is building an ancestral pyramid with more than ...

The Inca empire, in the 1400s and early 1500s, spanned much of South America's Andean region, over 1,600 kilometers, from modern-day Bolivia and Peru to Argentina, Chile, Ecuador and Colombia. It ...

Explorers have discovered ruins deep in a perilous South American mountain jungle that may unravel centuries-old archaeological mysteries – and reveal a fabulous hoard of Inca royal treasure.

An aerial view from Saturday shows a floral pyramid of more than 500,000 roses, an attempt to set a Guinness World Record in Tabacundo, Ecuador.

In 2010, Tamara Estupiñan’s academic research led her to discover forgotten Inca ruins in the heart of Ecuador. For the historian, the Malqui-Machay site represents the final resting place of ...

The Inca Empire in the 1400s and early 1500s, spanned much of South America's Andean region, over 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers), from modern-day Bolivia and Peru to Argentina, Chile, Ecuador and ...