Step aside, stevia — there’s a new natural sweetener sneaking into the smoothies of the health-conscious. This South American ...

This small gold model of a llama is a fitting offering for an Inca mountain god. The Incas revered gold as the sweat of the sun and believed that it represented the sun's regenerative powers.

Not surprisingly, the Inca also made models of this hardy creature that was so fundamental to the lives of the people and to the running of the Empire. Our little gold llama is so tiny that it can ...

The ancient rulers of the region ... The Spanish melted down almost every Inca artifact of silver or gold. Rare pieces that survive include a ritual cup adorned with a sacred feline and figurines ...

Consumption of coca dates back to the very earliest of ancient South American ... who was of Spanish-Inca parentage, wrote: “[The Inca] place it before gold and silver and precious stones.” ...

In return, rulers paid their laborers in clothing and food. Silver and gold were abundant, but only used for aesthetics. Inca kings and nobles amassed stupendous riches which accompanied them ...

Libby Purves meets actor Brian Cox and singer June Tabor. Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Inca gold llama (made between 1400 and 1550). Small statue from Peru Some of you might just ...

This small gold model of a llama is a fitting offering for an Inca mountain god. The Incas revered gold as the sweat of the sun and believed that it represented the sun's regenerative powers.