Accepting this proposal required groups to submit to Inca rule. The Inca army waited nearby to make clear what happened to those who declined the offer. Andrushko and Torres’ findings “add to ...

This ability of the sandal-clad Inca to thrive at extremely high elevations continues to perplex scientists today. How did Pizarro and his small army of mercenaries, totaling less than 400 ...

And as they expanded down the great spine of the Andes, the Inca bred huge numbers of llamas as army pack animals. Not surprisingly, the Inca also made models of this hardy creature that was so ...

Pizarro had very cunningly used his 180 soldiers to overcome the Inca Army of 30,000 by ambushing and then strangling the Inca Emperor, Atahuallpa. He and his soldiers then stripped the city of ...

In 1532, Francisco de Pizarro defeated the great Inca emperor Atahualpa's army of 30,000 warriors with just 180 men. Who was this man who brought the powerful empire to its knees? What drove him ...