Somewhere deep inside the unforgiving Llanganates mountain range between the Andes and the Amazon is said to exist a fabulous Inca hoard hidden from Spanish conquistadors. The legend begins in the ...

Red carries profound symbolism in Inca mythology ... The cochineal insect was brought to Europe by Spanish conquistadors in the 15th century, and held a worth akin to gold and silver.

Carhua was a ten-year old Inca child whose father offered her ... written accounts of the ritual are chronicles written by Spanish conquistador historians. From the chronicles and from each ...

Now, the long-accepted account of a swift Spanish conquest of the Inca—achieved with guns, steel, and horses—is being replaced by a more complete story based on surprising new evidence ...

the last capital of Inca resistance against the Spanish invaders. Colossal strangler figs have taken root atop ruined doorways. Crumbling yellow paint coats the walls. Decades after the conquistadors ...

Five hundred years after the Spanish conquest, the original inhabitants of Tawantinsuyu are still alive in the form of awe-inspiring temples, palaces, and fortresses that have stood the test of time, ...

Back then, the Spanish were blessed with bravado, while the Aztecs and Incas were cursed with naiveté. The conquistadors arrived in Mexico and Peru in ridiculously small numbers—a few hundred ...

the mestizo of Hispanic-Inca descent became one of the greatest references in describing the reality experienced by our ancestors in the struggle caused by the Spanish conquest. His historical ...

A statue of the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro has been ... Pizarro founded Lima in 1535 after defeating the Inca Empire and claiming their lands for the Spanish crown.

Effigy of soldier who conquered Peru after slaughtering the Incas reinstated in heart of city – but indigenous people brand it an ‘insult’ A statue of a Spanish conquistador has ...