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 ...

Temple of the Sun The Temple of the Sun is perhaps one of the most significant structures at Machu Picchu. This semi-circular ...

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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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

What adventurer named one of his rafts after an Incan sun god and two more rafts after an Egyptian sun god? 3. After an 1892 walk, what painter wrote in his diary, “I sensed an infinite scream ...

Known as Inti Raymi, the centuries-old revered pageant honors almighty Inca sun god Inti (in Quechua, Inti means, “Sun”), asks for a bountiful new cycle of crops and takes place every June 24 ...

Winter solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year, and it fell at exactly 4:20 a.m. ET on Saturday in the Northern Hemisphere. Here are five ways it's celebrated around the world.

Winter solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year, and it falls at exactly 10:27 p.m. ET on Thursday in the Northern Hemisphere. Here are five ways it's celebrated around the world.