Archaeologists just uncovered four mummified llamas buried alive as Incan sacrifices 500 years ago. There were three white llamas, presented as offerings to the sun god, and one brown llama for the ...

An ancient Inca ritual of making offerings to the sun was re-enacted on Monday in Lima in a traditional play that brought actors and Indigenous communities together. The Inti Raymi was performed ...

With “P’unchaw,” the photographer Victor Zea captures the light falling on Cuzco, Peru, where people have mixed Catholic and ...

This new understanding challenges everything that was known about Capacocha, one of the most important ceremonies of the Tawantinsuyu, or Inca Empire, in which children and adolescents were offered as ...

The Inca sun god was called Inti, from whose golden face a corona of flames extended. He was the most revered of all gods, providing warmth and light for crops to grow and for people to live.

Episode 73 - Inca gold llama. Inca gold llama (made between 1400 and 1550). Small statue from Peru. Some of you might just recognise the plaintive moan or humming sound of a llama.

In Inca legend, the god Viracocha emerged from the sparkling waters to invent the sun, stars, moon and universe. “These days, people come here and go back feeling younger. The lake has a ...

An ancient Inca ritual of making offerings to the sun was re-enacted on Monday in Lima in a traditional play that brought actors and Indigenous communities together. Ancient Inca festival of sun god ...