The Inca civilization was one of the most vital societies in South America in terms of its cultural influence and legacy. Around from 1438 to 1533, the Incas began as a small tribe who steadily grew ...

ANTH copy 39088019656784 gift from Paul R. Julian. Introduction -- Discovering the Incas and their predecessors -- Native and Spanish sources -- Explorers and the first archaeologists -- 20th-century ...

This small gold model of a llama is a fitting offering for an Inca mountain god. The Incas revered gold as the sweat of the sun and believed that it represented the sun's regenerative powers. All gold ...

The Incas have the double distinction of presiding over the largest empire of the ancient Americas and one of the shortest-lived. Sprawling along the Pacific Coast and across the Andes Mountains to ...

Llamas were a prize possession to the Inca people, providing food and materials for clothing. But a recent discovery has found Incas were sacrificing their llamas to appease their gods. It was already ...

The Inca Empire became the largest civilization in the Americas, stretching across vast and dangerous mountain terrain.

Curiosities about writers always generate intrigue among their readers. After a week of commemorating his birth (April 12), it is a good time to remember the Inca writer Garcilaso de la Vega and his ...

The remains are reported to be from a culture between the mountains and the coast of the South American country. The gender of the person has not been identified but the body is said to date to before ...

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. BUT ...