At the height of its existence the Inca Empire was the largest nation on Earth and remains the largest native state to have existed in the western hemisphere. By Liesl Clark Wednesday, November 1 ...

At the height of its dominion, the Inca empire held sway over much of western South America—from the jagged spine of the Peruvian Andes to the sunbaked deserts of northern Chile. To traverse the ...

Peru, a land of timeless beauty and rich history, offers an extraordinary journey through the heart of the Inca Empire and ...

Jucul sits at an altitude of 11,800 feet, six hours north of Lima on axle-rattling mountain roads. The village is surrounded by green-brown slopes streaked with rocks, like waterfalls frozen in place.

According to historians, the Incas regarded the rainbow as a gift from the sun-god. Some argue that the rainbow was in fact the banner of the Inca empire which, at its height in the 16th century, ...

The research, undertaken by Professor Sabine Hyland at the University of St. Andrews, reveals that the enigmatic form of communication, known as quipu (also written as khipu), helped record ...

The volume of all the gold in the Inca Empire would have been almost 14 times greater than all the gold then in Europe at that time. Pizarro’s plunder would have been worth more than $387 ...

In this episode, Greg Jenner is joined by Professor Bill Sillar and comedian Sue Perkins to learn all about the South American Inca empire. At their height, the Inca controlled a vast territory ...

At the height of the Inca Empire, it integrated nearly ten million people from a hundred nations. Today, much of the 24,000-mile network is still used by South America’s indigenous peoples.

Before the Spanish conquest of Peru, the Inca were an expansive culture known for their elaborate constructions throughout the Andes. Machu Picchu perched in the mountains, the bustling empire ...

Scholars now believe that the Incas often used these numerical records to count goods. In 2013 and 2014, for instance, archaeologists excavated an Inca storehouse and found several khipus ...