The Inca Empire was unique among the pre-Columbian states of the Andes in the extent to which it formalized and organized its ...

The Inca stronghold of Machu Picchu has astounded and confounded visitors since it was unveiled to the wider world more than ...

At the height of its existence the Inca Empire was the largest nation on Earth ... its rule resulting in a universal language - a form of Quechua, a religion worshipping the sun, and a 14,000 ...

All gold belonged to the ruler of the empire, the Inca himself, who claimed to be descended from the sun god. Llamas were the Incas' most important domestic animal, providing food, clothing and ...

the Spanish quickly imposed their own religion on the Empire. One of the first churched they built was San Francisco de Quito – constructed on top of the palace of the last undisputed Inca ...

At the height of its existence the Inca Empire was the largest nation on Earth ... its rule resulting in a universal language - a form of Quechua, a religion worshipping the sun, and a 14,000 ...