Nearly 500 years after the collapse of the largest empire in the Americas, a single bridge remains from the Inca's ...

Part 2/4. At their most powerful, the Inca had the largest empire in the world. Lasting just one century from the mid-15th ...

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

On an island in Lake Titicaca that was sacred to the ancient Tiwanaku culture ... frontiers of the lost empire, they are piecing together dramatic evidence of the wars Inca kings fought and ...

Khipus were particularly important to the Inca Empire, which lasted from around 1438 C.E. until 1532 C.E. when the Spanish ...

adding that he was thrilled to discover the similarities between the ancient Shu civilization — a remarkable culture that thrived in the region of present-day Sichuan — and the Inca civilization.

During the last days of the Inca Empire, a relaxation of restrictions ... Columbian Andean societies is revealed in their material culture: statues and figurines; votive offerings that depict ...

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 ...

"The riches that were gathered in the city of Cuzco alone, as capital and court of the Empire, were incredible," says an early account of Inca culture written 300 years ago by Jesuit priest Father ...