For more than a millennium, many Andean peoples used an object called a "khipu" (also spelled "quipu" and pronounced "key-poo ...

The ancient rulers of the region ... "The conquest of the Titicaca Basin was the jewel in the crown of the Inca Empire," says Charles Stanish, an archaeologist at the University of California ...

The Australian Museum’s new exhibition, Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru, includes a complex inventory system ...

How did they mobilize the staggering labor force that sustained their war machine and built their empire? What kind of perceptions and religious beliefs informed Inca worldview?

Researchers find surprising patterns in Inca khipu, shedding light on these ancient recording devices used for counting and ...

When you think of the ancient world, the Incan Empire might come to mind. With fantastic terraces and storehouses in the ancient Inca ruins at Ollantaytambo, the famous Machu Picchu, and the circular ...

Paul Becerra is among the many visitors who have been captivated by the stunning reproduction of artifacts from Southwest ...

this NOVA/National Geographic special presents new evidence that is changing what we know about the final days of the once-mighty Inca Empire. This probing story of archeological discovery begins ...

THIS IS CUSCO, PERU, THE CAPITAL OF THE INCAN EMPIRE. IT’S ALIVE AND IT’S UP THERE AT 11,000FT. THE ELEVATION IS MORE THAN TWICE AS HIGH AS DENVER. BUT EXPERIENCING PERU’S ANCIENT HISTORY UP ...

finally met with pottery and golden artifacts that illustrate the prosperity of the ancient Inca Empire, at a new exhibition at the Inca Museum in Peru on Wednesday, together weaving a compelling ...