Five centuries ago, the Incas ruled the western half of South America with the help of a unique form of writing based on ...

For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

In the Andean highlands near Lake Titicaca, Sebastian Quimicchi — an Inca from the town of San Pedro de Cocharcas — ...

Long before colonization, the people of Peru kept track of important information using a mysterious coding system of strings ...

The Inca Empire was a vast empire that flourished in the Andean region of South America from the early 15th century A.D. up until its conquest by the Spanish in the 1530s. Even after the conquest ...

When you walk into the ruins of the Inca retreat of Machu Picchu in Peru, the first sensation is of being overwhelmed. You want to sit and gaze, to make sure nothing of this astonishing scene ...

Rualdo MenegatThe reasoning for choosing this extreme location was three-fold (protection against earthquakes, a water supply ...

TV historian Dan Snow goes to the ancient site of Machu Picchu in Peru where he makes some exciting discoveries ...

Nearly 500 years after the collapse of the largest empire in the Americas, a single bridge remains from the Inca's extraordinary road system – and it's rewoven every year from grass. "I believe ...

The Inca emperor Atahualpa received warning that Spanish invaders were on their way. Because there were so few Spanish and Atahualpa commanded an army of 5,000, the Inca did not seem to consider ...

Now lucuma, which is also known as the “gold of the Incas,” is showing up in everything from lattes to paleo snack bars, thanks to its enjoyable flavor and perceived health halo. Sold in the ...

Today: Swedish forensic artist Oscar Nilsson combined CT scans of frozen mummified remains with skull measurements and DNA analysis to reconstruct the face of a 500-year-old Inca girl.