Dead for 500 years, this Inca sacrificial mummy found ... summits represented a means of approaching the Sun God, Inti, the center of their religion, and many sacrifices were made atop these ...

The Inca state's domain was unprecedented, its rule resulting in a universal language - a form of Quechua, a religion worshipping the sun, and a 14,000 mile-long road system criss-crossing high ...

This small gold model of a llama is a fitting offering for an Inca mountain god. The Incas revered gold as the sweat of the sun and believed that it represented the sun's regenerative powers.

One of the most distinctive features of Inca religion was the spiritual power ... forests, mountains, the sun, the air, and other such natural entities are all spiritually animated, and some ...