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

A bout 700 feet from Zambezi National Park and less than a 10-minute drive to Mosi-oa-Tunya, a.k.a. Victoria Falls, one of ...

As the powerful controlled production and distribution, access to coca was, at first, limited to the Inca elites. Terraces in the archaeological site of Pisac, near Cusco, Peru. Andean populations ...

crop terraces, irrigation canals, temples, or fortresses. In return, rulers paid their laborers in clothing and food. Silver and gold were abundant, but only used for aesthetics. Inca kings and ...

The Inca transformed agriculture in the Andes, using dramatic terraces like these at Moray to grow warm-weather crops in a cold-weather climate. The Inca Empire encompassed mountains, forests ...