Archaeologists in Peru have recovered two potato lumps from an Inca storeroom dating back about 500 years, and the pieces still appear strikingly well preserved. The find offers a window into how the ...

Two small, wrinkled lumps of potato were found buried inside a ceramic jar on the floor of an ancient storage room on the arid southern coast of Peru, and they turned out to be roughly 500 years old, ...

“The potato was a sacred food for the Incas,” says Manuel Choqque Bravo, in a lilting accent characteristic of Peru’s Andean highlands. “For me and my family, it’s been important to rescue this ...

There are roughly 4 000 edible varieties of potatoes, or papa, most of them originating in the Andes, according to the International Potato Centre. Having a weakness for the tuber – mashed, fried, ...

Turns out, one of the world's oldest staple foods may have done more than keep people fed.