At their most powerful, the Inca had the largest empire in the world. How did they do it? Read more ...

The main reason is school education. We learn in school that the Incas were the best. So they are in high – they are the peak of Peruvian history, the moment when we did the best. There are ...

To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. This book offers a detailed account of Inca history, society, and culture through ...

Did you know that Machu Picchu was once home to around 750 people? It was constructed between 1438 and 1470 by Emperor Pachacutec. This historic site is rich in culture, attracting both scholars and ...

Peruvian anthropologist Luis Millones and Mexican archeologist Eduardo Matos speak with EL PAÍS and reflect on their new book ...

On the morning of July 24, 1911, an enterprising lecturer-explorer from Yale University set off in a cold drizzle to investigate rumors of ancient Inca ruins in Peru. The explorer chopped his way ...

Steeped in death, conquest, desire, and mystery, the legend of the lost Inca gold is guarded by remote, mist-veiled mountains in central Ecuador. Somewhere deep inside the unforgiving Llanganates ...

The Inca look less like noble victims and more ... also raise the intriguing question of why all this was erased from history in the first place. We did not have space to delve into this in ...

Check with the U.S. Department of State before traveling. It's hard to believe this iconic "lost city of the Incas" was untouched during the Spanish conquest. The Incas cleverly obscured these 12 ...