Inca farmers mastered high-altitude agriculture, cultivating some 70 different native crops and often stockpiling three to seven years' worth of food in vast storage complexes. Imperial officials ...

The fabled route leading to Machu Picchu is one of the world's most jaw-droppingly beautiful treks – but it's also plagued by ...

Our Lady of the Rosary of Guápulo is a devotional image venerated in the outskirts of Quito, Ecuador, and was promoted by a ...

At the height of its existence the Inca Empire was the largest nation on Earth and remains the largest native state to have existed in the western hemisphere. The wealth and sophistication of the ...

In essence they were the protectors of the Inca people, the keepers of life who reached up toward the skies where the sacred condor soared. Many theories exist about why the Incas performed ritual ...

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

Around 40,000 Inca nobles ruled an empire of 12 million conquered people throughout the Andes mountain range in South America. The Incas diverted rivers and used sophisticated irrigation systems ...

Peru Ministry of Culture An intoxicated man wielding a metal tool is accused of attacking and damaging the Stone of Twelve Angles in Peru, a famed Inca construction, cultural officials said.