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

A Glimpse into History Machu Picchu's history is as intriguing as its breathtaking scenery. Built in the 15th century under ...

Undisturbed for 500 years, the rare unlooted offering sheds light on Inca religion and ritual. A member of the research team dives into Lake Titicaca, which straddles the border of Bolivia and Peru.

Centered around the theme of "Sun Worship," the exhibition features 16 replicas of representative artifacts and 3D-printed artworks from the Sanxingdui Museum and Jinsha Site Museum, as well as ...

Written records suggest the Incas were making solar observations by 1500 AD, and that their religion centred on Sun worship. "We know that in Inca times, towers were used to observe the Sun near the ...

Peru's winter solstice is celebrated in June and honors the Incan sun god Inti (Quechua for "sun"), the most revered god in the Inca religion. Banned during the first years of the Spanish conquest ...

In the Andean highlands near Lake Titicaca, Sebastian Quimicchi — an Inca from the town of San Pedro de Cocharcas — commissioned a painted copy of the sculpture Our Lady ...