Researchers have conducted CT scans of their mummified remains, previously found high up on modern-day Peru’s Ampato and Sara ...

The Incas were known to engage in a sacrificial ritual involving children to appease their gods. Archaeologists have found ...

Elmore began the public talk, titled “Afterlives of the Inca: The Long History of Apu Inka Atawallpaman,” with an analysis of an 1867 painting by Peruvian artist Luis Montero depicting the funeral of ...

Experts have shed new light on how the Inca civilization used “trophy heads” to maintain control over conquered peoples. At its height in the 16th century, the Inca Empire spanned modern-day Peru, as ...

A cotton and agave fiber Inca khipu is seen at an exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Brendan Smialowski | AFP via Getty Images) The Inca ...

In 1532, in the city of Cajamarca, Peru, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and a group of Europeans took the Inca ruler ...

The Inca Empire in South America, one of the most powerful pre-Columbian societies, was known for many innovations — such as the architecture of Machu Picchu, an extensive road network, and a system ...

In many regions in the Andes, where the Inca Empire once flourished, mummies are frequently discovered. It has become clear that there was a mummy culture unlike any other seen in the world. Why did ...