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

In the huddled markets, sprawling farms and pulsing parties of Viacha, a town southeast of Bolivia’s capital, it’s typical ...

Pizarro's timing for conquest was perfect. By 1532, the Inca Empire was embroiled in a civil war that had decimated the population and divided the people's loyalties. Atahualpa, the younger son of ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping took part in the inauguration of a major Beijing-funded port in Chancay, Peru, on Thursday, hailing the US$3.5 billion project as “the birth of a new land-sea ...

While khipus were used in earlier times, they were especially important to the Inca Empire, which lasted from around 1438 CE to 1532 CE (when the empire was conquered by the Spanish). Since the ...

While khipus were used in earlier times, they were especially important to the Inca Empire, which lasted from around 1438 CE to 1532 CE (when the empire was conquered by the Spanish). Since the Inca ...

Mohenir Julinho Zapata Rodríguez, director of the Inca Museum, also noted that the purpose of this exhibition is to reinforce the ties of friendship and cooperation between China and Peru ...

The wall was built to defend against nomadic people to the north, but it also helped various administrations control trade and immigration. The Inca were famous for building an epic series of roads ...

Last night Tommy went out to London to see friends and came home with Inca, so this morning we all went out for brunch in the village. It was lovely to catch up with both Tommy after his trip to ...

The ancient Incas used quipus — knotted cords — to manage their vast empire. Even today, much of this mysterious writing system remains undecoded. Some South American communities are teaching ...