Steeped in death, conquest, desire, and mystery, the legend of the lost Inca gold is guarded by remote, mist-veiled mountains in central Ecuador. Somewhere deep inside the unforgiving Llanganates ...

In 1781, the revolutionary amaru-kataristas occupy the highlands of southern Peru. Sapa Inca, the last descendant of the Aymara Incas, and his wife Gregoria, decide to continue the indigenous ...

Atahualpa, the last Inca emperor, was captured by Spanish conquistador ... where he hid it in the dense, forested area. Legends assert that Rumiñahui threw part of the treasure into a lake ...

A legend from the Andes tells the tale of Kuka ... to take advantage of men until word of her misdeeds reached the Great Inca’s ears. He ordered that she be sacrificed, cut in half, and buried.

"Land of the Four Quarters" or Tahuantinsuyu is the name the Inca gave to their empire. It stretched north to south some 2,500 miles along the high mountainous Andean range from Colombia to Chile ...

According to the legends, Tanta Carhua told the village ... Very little is known about Capacocha, the sacred Inca ceremony of human sacrifice, but with each new archaeological discovery of ...

A remarkable discovery of underground tunnels beneath Cusco’s historic district is offering fresh insights into Inca engineering and cultural practices. Cusco, once the illustrious capital of the Inca ...

Cusco is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was the historic capital of the Inca Empire. Millions of tourists visit each year, with many basing themselves in the city before beginning their journey ...

At over 6,000 metres, Mt Ampato is one of the highest mountains in Peru, and a place were the Inca used in one of their most dramatic and powerful religious ceremonies: human sacrifice.

Inca Garcilazo de la Vega, stands out. Find out what other writers are commemorated on this date. LEGENDS OF BOOK DAY As we mentioned above, choosing April 23 had reasons that lie in the death and ...