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 ...

A visit to the former Inca Empire reveals epic feats of construction and engineering that have withstood the test of time, ...

A Glimpse into History Machu Picchu's history is as intriguing as its breathtaking scenery. Built in the 15th century under ...

"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 ...

The legend begins in the 16th century, when the great Inca Empire in western South America was giving way to European invaders. Atahualpa was an Inca king who, after warring with his half-brother ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Capacocha ritual was one of the most significant religious ceremonies in the Inca Empire. It involved sacrificing children and young women to deities and sacred places at the summits of ...

To the Incan eye, the landscape of their empire was riddled with shrines. Often these were inanimate objects like rocks and streams. But among the holiest places in the empire were mountain peaks ...

It ascends past Andean cloud forests to Warmiwañusca, the infamous "Dead Woman's Pass" at 4,215m, before descending to the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, one of the Seven New Wonders of ...