But around the time of the Spanish conquest of Peru in 1530, the Inca started mixing pigments, including titanium white, into resin and decorating qeros with the bright goo. An electron microscope ...

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 ...

Burger suggests that the Inca “probably packed up their valuables and took them back” to Cuzco during the Spanish conquest. Machu Picchu’s monumental stones, some weighing perhaps as much as ...

This pivotal battle of the conquest was won not by Spanish cruelty or brilliance ... chiefdoms that were anxious to free themselves from Inca domination. Again, I saw the potential for a really ...

It's hard to believe this iconic "lost city of the Incas" was untouched during the Spanish conquest. The Incas cleverly obscured these 12 acres of temples, aqueducts and gardens from the Spaniards ...

Steeped in death, conquest, desire ... between the Andes and the Amazon is said to exist a fabulous Inca hoard hidden from Spanish conquistadors. The legend begins in the 16th century, when ...

Before the Spanish conquest of Peru, the Inca were an expansive culture known for their elaborate constructions throughout the Andes. Machu Picchu perched in the mountains, the bustling empire ...

The Spanish conquest and the clash of world views which would evenutally destroy the Inca.

By Gwynne Dyer – Friday, 13 August, is the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Mexico ... and offers an alternate history in which the Incas and Aztecs conquered Europe.