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 ...

This book offers a detailed account of Inca history, society, and culture through the lens of archaeology, written documents, and ethnographic accounts of native Andeans. Throughout the Andes, public ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Through a mix of crime-lab science, archeology, and history, this NOVA/National Geographic special presents new evidence that is changing what we know about the final days of the once-mighty Inca ...

The Inca language, religion ... The perfect gift for the history buff in your life. Give now and get a FREE TOTE BAG. GIVE A GIFT Some religious rituals involved human sacrifice, and coca played ...

This is shown in his summit work as “Real Commentaries of the Inca”, which describes Inca history under his experiences, studies and memory. The book, which was banned after the Túpac Amaru ...