For the Incas, certain objects and places in nature (or crafted by humans) are huacas – sacred stuff. What does this concept mean? Is everything …
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The Inca Empire Explained
The Inca Empire once stretched 2,500 miles along the Andes, conquering many of their neighbors.
The Inca Empire once stretched 2,500 miles along the Andes of western South America. At its height, it was one of the largest empires in the world …
Though the colonizers’ appreciation for the textiles of the Inca Empire left much to be desired, textiles were valued on par with precious metals …
Columbus may have sailed in pursuit of gold, but what he and his successors found was a new world full of never-before-seen plants, animals, and even …
Goddess of potatoes? Meet five unique gods and goddesses worshipped in the Inca empire, responsible for everything from llamas to textiles.
The Inca were not the only culture to exist in South America between 1000 CE and 1500 CE. Over the centuries, they encountered, conquered, and …
The Incas used a unique system of recording information called quipus, which consisted of woven cords with knots. However, their precise meanings …
The mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro people are found in remote places like mountains and deserts.
Pizarro and his 168 conquistadors were the first Europeans to make contact with the Inca Empire. In roughly less than two decades, the Spanish – many …
An ancient Inca city, Machu Picchu evokes a sense of wonder and mystery, a lost place that needed to be rediscovered. Its abandonment during the …
