THE SNOWCAPPED VOLCANIC PEAK the Andean cordillera looms majestic and forbidding above the Peruvian town of Cabanaconde, and for 500 years its summit has been wreathed in pellucid ice as high as a man ...

A powerful culture that lasted from 1438 to 1533, the Incas controlled their vast empire, spanning present-day Peru and Chile, by leveraging military might and religious authority. They relied heavily ...

Symbols, ideology, ritual, and power -- Ethnohistoric data on human sacrifice and mountain worship -- The archaeological materials from Cerro Esmeralda -- Discussion of the materials from Cerro ...

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 ...

Researchers used a CT scan of the mummy to make a model of the face of the Incan girl, showing for the first time what she looked like In 1995, explorer Johan Reinhard made a startling discovery on ...

Archaeologist and mummy expert Ramy Romany crisscrosses the globe, investigating history’s greatest mysteries by prying answers from the dead. Was Moses an Egyptian Pharaoh and father of King Tut? Did ...

How did the Maya choose sacrifice victims? DNA yields new clues. How did the Maya choose sacrifice victims? DNA yields new clues. This ancient society tried to stop El Niño—with child sacrifice This ...