The Inca Empire was unique among the pre-Columbian states of the Andes in the extent to which it formalized and organized its ethnic religion into an imperial one, by incorporating the beliefs and ...

Lake Titicaca was a sacred space to the ancient Andean empire of the Inca, which at its height in the early 16th century controlled territory from modern-day Colombia to Chile. The Inca built more ...

Ongoing research from the University of St Andrews has discovered that khipus, the mysterious string writing of the Incas, have been used to ...

one of Peru's most popular tourism destinations and sacred capital of the Inca empire. Each year, tens of thousands of trekkers walk the Inca Trail that takes them high into the Andes Mountains before ...

Archaeologists found two 500-year-old quarries in the Cañete mountains and a trail network used during the final stage of the Inca empire, photos show. Photo from Qhapaq Ñan Project Atop some ...