A visit to the former Inca Empire reveals epic feats of construction and engineering that have withstood the test of time, ...

Boys and girls were selected, often as part of an annual tribute to the Inca state. Chosen children typically came from noble ...

Rising from obscurity in Peru's Cusco Valley during the 13th century, a royal Inca dynasty charmed, bribed, intimidated, or conquered its rivals to create the largest pre-Columbian empire in the ...

Literally "old mountain" in Quechua, Peru's dominant indigenous language, Machu Picchu is built into peaks more than 2,400 meters above sea level in southern Peru, where the Andes and the Amazon Basin ...

An intoxicated man wielding a metal tool is accused of attacking and damaging the Stone of Twelve Angles in Peru, a famed Inca construction, cultural officials said.

Dead for 500 years, this Inca sacrificial mummy found on ... the southernmost regions were integral to the expansion of the empire southward. Especially important were the trans-mountain, or ...

" "target="_blank">Lima's Plaza Mayor (Main Square) resounded on Thursday night with the majestic reenactment of <a href=" Inti Raymi, the ancient Festival of the Sun, held at the atrium of the ...