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 ...

Built in the 15th century under the reign of the Inca emperor Pachacuti, this city was a testament to the empire's power and ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Though the 16th-century Spanish conquistador invasion ended the Inca Empire, the legacy of the Incas lives on in their architectural triumphs—precise, remarkably engineered stoneworks rising ...

Inca Rail offers premium Machu Picchu tours, blending luxury, culture, and adventure. With curated packages, panoramic train ...

the Empire of the Inca - bigger than Ottoman Turkey, bigger than Ming China, in fact, the largest in the world. Around 1500, the Inca Empire ran for over three thousand miles (5,000 km ...