This ceremony, held every August before planting season, drew people from the four corners of the empire. The great plaza of Cusco was the political center of the Inca Empire. The Saphy River ...

The people that were in the Inca empire under the rule of the Incas did not pay taxes in the way we do in the form of money. Instead they paid in the form of their time. And at some period of the ...

At the height of its existence the Inca Empire was the largest nation on Earth ... The wealth and sophistication of the legendary Inca people lured many anthropologists and archaeologists to ...

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered the remains of what is believed to be wealthy members of the Chimu civilization, a pre-Inca society that thrived for centuries in arid plains nestled between ...

Around 40,000 Inca nobles ruled an empire of 12 million conquered people throughout the Andes mountain range in South America. The Incas diverted rivers and used sophisticated irrigation systems ...

Cusco is the historic heartland and former capital of the Inca Empire. The city itself is one ... astronomy and the relationship between Andean people and the universe. The Incas had a complex ...

Exhibiting the pieces with which the remains of the Inca child were found will be a great attraction for the people of Mendoza ... 500 years and that the Inca civilizations were indeed living ...

There are many ways to avoid the crowds in Peru. Try alternative routes through Machu Picchu, book a street food tour, or explore lesser-known valleys and ruins.

Following the collapse of the classical Maya civilization, Chichén Itzá emerged as a… Inca Quarries and the extensive Network of Roads and Trails that connected them discovered in Peru The Ministry of ...

It’s one of the world’s seven wonders, but a lot can go wrong when trekking Machu Picchu.Credit: Getty Images Fifteen of us set off on the famed Inca Trail ... only seven people have ever ...

Peru on Thursday celebrated two decades since the creation of a genetically modified breed of guinea pig, a rodent whose meat has formed a part of the diet of people in the Andean nation for ...