A powerful culture that lasted from 1438 to 1533, the Incas controlled their vast empire, spanning present-day Peru and Chile, by leveraging military might and religious authority. They relied ...

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 the ...

The Incas built thousands of kilometers of roads that connected the entire Empire, and at certain intervals there were tambos. They were places for storing grain; messengers were also stationed there.

Artist Oscar Nilsson spent 400 hours working on the reconstruction. Catholic University of Santa Maria. Over 500 years ago, a teenage Inca girl died during a ritual sacrifice high in the Andes ...

For decades, it was thought that the cause of death of the child from Cerro El Plomo was hypothermia. The naturally freeze-dried body of a child from 560 years ago – approximately 8 years old – is now ...