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 ...

Researchers studying an ancient form of string-writing used in pre-Columbian South America have unraveled new clues to a ...

Much like the famous Inca walls found throughout Cusco ... Picture: AP Photo/Martin Mejia In an empire where political power and religion were closely intertwined, the ability to move unseen ...

The Atlantic has a fascinating deep dive into khipus — long cords that the Inca tied knots into to preserve information. Few know how to read the knots, which are hundreds of years old and fragile.

Nearly 500 years after the collapse of the largest empire in the Americas, a single bridge remains from the Inca's extraordinary road system – and it's rewoven every year from grass. "I believe ...

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 ...

LIMA, April 14 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in the Peruvian Andes have discovered an Inca bathing complex built half a millennia ago, which they believe may have served the elite of the sprawling ...

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 ...

For an area that has been occupied for over 10,000 years by pre-Inca cultures, the Inca Empire and culture introduced by Spanish conquistadors starting in 1535, the number of finds is not surprising.