In 1780, as the once-great Inca empire’s Indigenous peoples were forced to labor for the Spanish crown, leader Túpac Amaru II led a revolt against the Spanish colonists that turned the social ...

In the mid- to late-16th century, the Inca empire—weakened by internal strife—fell to the rule of invading Spanish colonizers. The Inca left no written records of their underground ...

Cusco is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was the historic capital of the Inca Empire. Millions of tourists ... the city in the 16th century, the urban structure of the Inca imperial city of ...

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. Tim Newcomb is a journalist based in ...

"The intensity of the echo indicated where there was a hollow structure, such as a tunnel ... and military capital of the powerful Inca Empire in the 15th century before being conquered by ...

Cusco is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was the historic capital of the Inca Empire. Millions of tourists visit each ... When the Spanish conquered the city in the 16th century, the urban structure ...

The tunnel network, known as a Chinkana, stretches over 1,750 metres at a depth of up to 2.5 metres, and is evidence of Cusco’s centrality to the Inca Empire, the largest nexus of power in Pre ...

Cuzco, also spelled Cusco and named after the Quechua word for “naval or “center,” was built between the 11th and 12th centuries and became the capital of the Inca empire, according to ...

The researchers examined around 100 mummies from coastal Peru’s Chancay culture – a civilization that flourished before the Inca empire and ... life events or social status, or to “ward ...