The girl was only 13 years old when she was sacrificed to the gods but had been frozen in time for hundreds of years when a ...

Bioarcheologists can use this disparity to estimate and/or determine the sex of human skeletal remains. This young individual ... indicating that some Inca women fought alongside their men in ...

What remains, however, is still impressive, showcasing the Inca’s renowned precision stone masonry, with some impressively large stone blocks thought to weigh over 150 tons. While the site’s ...

Steeped in death, conquest, desire, and mystery, the legend of the lost Inca gold is guarded by remote, mist-veiled mountains in central Ecuador. Somewhere deep inside the unforgiving Llanganates ...

Authorities in the Argentine province of Mendoza announced that the mummified remains of an 8-year-old Inca boy will be returned to the place where they were found 37 years ago. The mummified and ...

A Glimpse into History Machu Picchu's history is as intriguing as its breathtaking scenery. Built in the 15th century under ...

At the height of its existence the Inca Empire was the largest nation on Earth and remains the largest native state to have existed in the western hemisphere. The wealth and sophistication of the ...