This story appears in the April 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. On the remote Peruvian island of Taquile, in the middle of the great Lake Titicaca, hundreds of people stand in silence ...

Hiram Bingham called Machu Picchu “the most important ruin discovered in South America since the Spanish conquest.” Ivan Kashinsky and Karla Gachet The last stretch of road that the emperor of ...

Machu Picchu's history is as intriguing as its breathtaking scenery. Built in the 15th century under the reign of the Inca emperor Pachacuti, this city was a testament to the empire's power and ...

(This program is no longer available for online streaming.) Through a mix of crime-lab science, archeology, and history, this NOVA/National Geographic special presents new evidence that is ...

Some of you might just recognise the plaintive moan or humming sound of a llama. It's the sound that around five hundred years ago accompanied the building of an empire, the Empire of the Inca ...

Question: I've heard that there are stone walls on Easter Island that look very much like the Inca stone walls. Have you seen them, and do you know if there is any evidence on Easter Island about ...

At the high Andes village of Chawaytiri, Secretary G. Wayne Clough took part in the Procession of the Llama. Rob Leopold Mysteries of the Incas remain, but we continue to learn about their great ...

This small gold model of a llama is a fitting offering for an Inca mountain god. The Incas revered gold as the sweat of the sun and believed that it represented the sun's regenerative powers.

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. A legend from the Andes tells the tale of Kuka, a woman of such extraor dinary beauty that none in ...

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