“I was raised Quaker, a religion that encourages meditation ... grass-woven marvels helped the Inca create the largest empire ever seen in the Americas. And by encountering the only three ...

And because the precious metal has been so central to economies, cultures, religions, and conquests ... while we can’t be entirely sure, the Roman Empire may have controlled as much as 100,000 ...

Chavín was a major center of ritual activity between 1200 B.C. and 400 B.C., before the birth of the Inca empire. The complex included stone structures built around open plazas. As people added ...

“A thousand years ago we were once part of the magnificent Inca Empire, which also suffered climate change. They planted millions of trees to manage the weather,” says Cusco-based Aucca. “We did it ...

Two thousand years before the Inca empire dominated the Andes, a lesser-known society known as the Chavín Phenomenon shared common art, architecture, and materials throughout modern-day Peru.