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 ...

In 1781, the revolutionary amaru-kataristas occupy the highlands of southern Peru. Sapa Inca, the last descendant of the Aymara Incas, and his wife Gregoria, decide to continue the indigenous ...

A visit to the former Inca Empire reveals epic feats of construction and engineering that have withstood the test of time, all made without iron tools or draft animals. Over the course of several ...

According to legend, a band of Incas fleeing through Peru in the sixteenth century captured a golden cross from the pursuing army of Pizarro, and to prevent its recapture planted it on the very ...

The Inca Empire flourished for nearly three centuries before the Spanish arrived in Latin America in 1532 C.E. Its myths, legends, and traditions continue to fascinate Peruvians and people worldwide.

According to the legends, Tanta Carhua told the village ... Very little is known about Capacocha, the sacred Inca ceremony of human sacrifice, but with each new archaeological discovery of ...