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 ...

My Peru adventures started out in Lima, the capital of Peru and the city where my mother was born and raised. I was there for ...

A pre-Hispanic mummy dating back 1,000 years was recently found by utility workers in Lima, Peru, with archaeologists linking it to the Chancay culture that predated the Inca Empire.

Hiram Bingham set out to find the last capital cities of the Incas and ended up stumbling across one of the great wonders of ...

Inca Empire dazzled, then died March 7, 2002 Posted: 10:41 AM EST (1541 GMT) The Inca Empire, rich in gold, was a target of the conquistadors By Janice McDonald CNN CUZCO, Peru (CNN) -- It was one ...

The ancient Incan Empire once ruled much of the Andes and despite being defeated by the Spanish it has left historical and cultural legacies in the region.

The growth of the Inca Empire can only be described as meteoric. Though precise dates for its beginnings remain elusive, the realm known to the Inca as Tahuantinsuyu, or "The Four Parts Together ...

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 ...

Child sacrifice in the Incan Empire was performed as part of the capacocha ritual. Children were chosen because they were thought to be the purest of society, therefore the best people to offer to ...

The researchers found a clear improvement in cranial surgery on the coastal regions and the Andean highlands of Peru, which led to a high survival rate in the 15th- and 16th-century Inca empire.