Peru’s history has been turbulent since the time of the conquistadores, the Spanish soldiers who subdued the Inca empire. From the late 16th century, when Peru was the center of the Inquisition ...

Some 303 previously uncharted geoglyphs made by the Nazca, a pre-Inca civilization in present-day Peru dating from 200 B.C.

The Australian Museum’s new exhibition, Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru, includes a complex inventory system ...

These vessels were more than just functional objects; they were powerful symbols of Inca imperialism and ideology. Ceramics ...

Peruvian authorities said Tuesday they have tightened security at the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu after tourists there were ...

Rising from obscurity in Peru's Cusco Valley during the 13th century, a royal Inca dynasty charmed, bribed, intimidated, or conquered its rivals to create the largest pre-Columbian empire in the ...

The burials date back to when people in Peru were constructing large buildings ... period (circa 1800 to 900 B.C.) and ...

Question: Did the Incas trade outside Peru by land or sea? ~Mabel Answer: One of the things that made the Inca empire so powerful and so great was the fact that the Incas had a genius for ...

The Inca Empire stretched over 5,500 kilometres and ... There are several problems with that because Peru is one thing now. The Inca are not necessarily Peru. They use the same territory, but ...

This city was once the capital of the Inca Empire and remains the gateway to Machu Picchu, Peru’s main tourist attraction and UNESCO World Heritage site since 1983. Still, Lima offers the ...

THE OLDEST LIVING CITY IN THE AMERICAS. THIS IS CUSCO, PERU, THE CAPITAL OF THE INCAN EMPIRE. IT’S ALIVE AND IT’S UP THERE AT 11,000FT. THE ELEVATION IS MORE THAN TWICE AS HIGH AS DENVER.

The Inca Empire encompassed mountains ... In a two part series, Dr Jago Cooper travels through Peru and Ecuador to reassess the origins, accomplishments and nature of one of the greatest empires ...