The Inca shrine where CHILDREN were sacrificed: Human remains found in caves may have been offerings to the gods during times of extreme weather.

The Inca state's domain was unprecedented, ... Grand steps and terraces with fountains, lodgings, and shrines flank the jungle-clad pinnacle peaks surrounding the site.

Inca child sacrifice victims were purposefully placed in spots where they would stand a good chance of being struck by lightning, ... found at a shrine near the mountain summit, ...

One of the most impressive is the Peruvian archaeological site of Moray, which resembles a natural amphitheatre. Located around 50km north of the former Inca capital of Cuzco and 3,500m above sea ...

Tests on three mummies found in Argentina have shed new light on the Inca practice of child sacrifice. ... entombed in a shrine near the summit of the 6,739m-high Llullaillaco volcano in Argentina.

Though the 16th-century Spanish conquistador invasion ended the Inca Empire, ... the royal Incan retreat and religious shrine. Machu Picchu was only one of many cities, ...

Peru sent restoration experts to the world-famous Inca citadel Machu Picchu Monday after one of its most precious jewels -- a centuries-old sun clock -- was damaged in an advertising shoot for a ...

Inca Llama Carving Recovered From Depths of Lake Titicaca ... Per a statement, the Inca built temples, shrines and roads on its grounds, in addition to regularly making pilgrimages there.

The Inca world : ancient people and places ; art, architecture, religion, everyday life, culture ; ... Common themes and continuity -- Creation and cosmology -- Pilgrimage, oracles and shrines -- ...

Boys and girls were selected, often as part of an annual tribute to the Inca state. Chosen children typically came from noble families hoping to gain political favor through these rituals.

Located in the province of Jujuy in northern Argentina, Pucará de Tilcara is the site of a pre-Inca fortification built around the twelfth century. Situated on a hill outside the small town of ...

Earlier discoveries included the remains of an Inca boy found by looters in the 1950s, as well as the frozen body of a young man in 1964 and that of a young boy in 1985. Then Reinhardt and Zárate ...