The burial belonged to a child who may have lived among fishermen from the Chancay culture, which thrived in Peru before the ...

Inka khipu with human hair was carbon dated to the Inca Empire, around 1480AD. Isotopic sampling of the human hair on the Inca khipu shows that the diet of the person who made the khipu was that ...

Chavín was a major center of ritual activity between 1200 B.C. and 400 B.C., before the birth of the Inca empire. The complex included stone structures built around open plazas.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 4, 2025 16:50 Pichu Pichu volcano. (photo credit: ArpAnc. Via Shutterstock) The Capacocha ritual was one of the most significant religious ceremonies in the Inca Empire.

Located about 130 miles from Machu Picchu, Cusco was once a thriving hub for the Inca Empire. Now, it’s a popular tourist spot and an archaeological marvel.

From the quipu to the conquistadors, writer Rob Rath talks about cool stories we couldn't quite squeeze into the series, as well as some of the mistakes we made (like the impossibly fast runners ...

📜 The Inca Empire: Out of Thin Air - There's a lot that we don't know for sure about the Inca Empire, because we have conflicting accounts among Spanish colonizers, as well as the fact that ...

The discovery of an Inca mummy on the Quehuar Volcano, located in the Salta region of Argentina in 1975, was a significant archaeological finding that allowed for a deeper understanding of Inca ritual ...

For decades, it was thought that the cause of death of the child from Cerro El Plomo was hypothermia. The naturally freeze-dried body of a child from 560 years ago – approximately 8 years old – is now ...

The site dates to the Early Formative period (circa 1800 to 900 B.C.) and predates the Inca Empire, which flourished in the Andean region of South America and lasted from about 1200 to the 1530s.

PERU – The last Inca king may have died in 1533, but his empire is still very much alive in Peru, some 500 years later. Every other thing reminds me of the great heritage that the Incas left ...

The Inca Empire (Radio Edit) Greg Jenner is joined by Professor Bill Sillar and comedian Sue Perkins to learn all about life and death in the South American Inca empire.