SOURCES: BRIAN S. BAUER ... and estates began slowly falling into ruin. As the empire crumbled, the Inca and their descendants made a valiant attempt to preserve the symbols of imperial authority.

this NOVA/National Geographic special presents new evidence that is changing what we know about the final days of the once-mighty Inca Empire. This probing story of archeological discovery begins ...

At the height of the Inca Empire, it integrated nearly ten million ... the Incas because they saw its abundant, sustaining water sources—rivers, rain and snow—as an affirmation of the ...

The legend begins in the 16th century, when the great Inca Empire in western South America ... Blake left and never returned. Sources suggest that en route to New York, where he planned to raise ...

In southern Peru’s Atico River Valley, archaeologists have unearthed a large tomb filled with the battle-scarred skeletons of 24 women, men and children. Interred in various stone enclosures, the two ...

For example, historical sources stated that the Incan Emperor ... “The results suggest that the discussion of the development of the Inca Empire based primarily on colonial records needs ...

Although the Inca Empire reigned across the Americas for just ... relief decorations linked to the ocean – an important food source for the Chimú. The 5,000-year-old city of Caral is the ...

the Empire of the Inca - bigger than Ottoman Turkey, bigger than Ming China, in fact, the largest in the world. Around 1500, the Inca Empire ran for over three thousand miles (5,000 km ...

considered the source of energy for those animals. During the Inca Empire the ritual killing of this animal was an important part of the major official celebrations. The golden llama figure here ...

It was probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire at its height; its giant walls, terraces and ramps seem as if they have been cut naturally in the continuous rock escarpments. The ...

this NOVA/National Geographic special presents new evidence that is changing what we know about the final days of the once-mighty Inca Empire. This probing story of archeological discovery begins ...

considered the source of energy for those animals. During the Inca Empire the ritual killing of this animal was an important part of the major official celebrations. The golden llama figure here ...