The royal palaces of Cusco, the Inca capital, fell swiftly to the European conquerors, and a new Spanish colonial city rose on their ruins, burying or obliterating the Inca past.

The Incan Temple of the Sun in Cusco has long been a visual and cultural jewel of the ancient empire. But there’s even more ...

The Inca Empire stretched over 5,500 kilometres and was the largest state in the world in the 1400s. Around 40,000 Inca nobles ruled an empire of 12 million conquered people throughout the Andes ...

Although keen on decipherment, Hyland admits that Inca khipus might represent more of a “proto–writing system” still coming into being when the Spanish invasion disrupted its development.

The legend begins in the 16th century, when the great Inca Empire in western South America was giving way to European invaders. Atahualpa was an Inca king who, after warring with his half-brother ...

The Inca Empire has a population of 10 million people and a land area of over 900,000 square kilometers, once used to be the largest empire in the Western Hemisphere. He had a centralized ...

Archaeologists found two 500-year-old quarries in the Cañete mountains and a trail network used during the final stage of the Inca empire, photos show. Photo from Qhapaq Ñan Project Atop some ...

The Inca Empire encompassed mountains, forests, desert, and coastal plains. In order to move armies and people quickly and efficiently around this landscape, the Inca needed roads.