As the empire crumbled ... Chachapoya people kept their dead a thousand years ago. After the Inca conquered the Chachapoya region in the1470s, they were inspired to make a similar bundle to ...

A visit to the former Inca Empire reveals epic feats of construction and engineering that have withstood the test of time, all made without iron tools or draft animals. Over the course of several ...

The legend begins in the 16th century, when the great Inca Empire in western South America ... do make sense against modern maps of the region. While Reinhard doesn't believe Atahualpa's gold ...

All of the sites are located in the region of the two southernmost Inca quarters ... regions were integral to the expansion of the empire southward. Especially important were the trans-mountain ...

It was probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire at its height; its giant walls, terraces and ramps seem as if they have been cut naturally in the continuous rock escarpments. The ...

But among the holiest places in the empire were mountain peaks, which the Inca and other peoples in the Andes often regarded as representing the origin points of societies, and the resting places ...

this NOVA/National Geographic special presents new evidence that is changing what we know about the final days of the once-mighty Inca Empire. This probing story of archeological discovery begins ...

All gold belonged to the ruler of the empire, the Inca himself, who claimed to be descended from the sun god. Llamas were the Incas' most important domestic animal, providing food, clothing and ...

It was probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire at its height; its giant walls, terraces and ramps seem as if they have been cut naturally in the continuous rock escarpments. The ...