The ancient rulers of the region ... "The conquest of the Titicaca Basin was the jewel in the crown of the Inca Empire," says Charles Stanish, an archaeologist at the University of California ...

confirming centuries-old rumors of a labyrinth stretching beneath the ancient capital of the Inca Empire. This newly uncovered marvel, called a chincana, offers fresh insights into the ...

After speaking briefly on the four periods of Inca history, Professor Bingham went directly to a description of the expedition of 1912, on which was discovered Machu Picchu, the capital city of ...

The closure is part of a comprehensive conservation plan executed by the Decentralized Directorate of Culture of Cusco to ensure the safety of tourists and preserve archaeological heritage.

"Land of the Four Quarters" or Tahuantinsuyu is the name the Inca gave to their empire. It stretched north to south some 2,500 miles along the high mountainous Andean range from Colombia to Chile ...

Consumption of coca dates back to the very earliest of ancient South American societies ... as the ninth millennium B.C. It was during the Inca Empire, however, a little before the arrival ...

The Andean Civilization was a complex society that ... However, the Spanish invasion in 1500 caused the end of the Inca. Ancient China emerged around 2000 BC, occupying the Yangtze and Yellow ...

The ancient civilization that designed the solar observatory is hardly known, but it would have been one of the oldest cultures in America. In fact, this culture predates the Inca culture ...

We should ask ourselves, “What can we learn from these ancient cultures?” Technology needs to work in harmony with nature and so do we. Just as the Inca worked in harmony with nature to create ...