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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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, ...

Grand steps and terraces with fountains, lodgings, and shrines flank the jungle-clad pinnacle peaks surrounding the site. It was a place of worship to the sun god, the greatest deity in the Inca ...

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

Sept. 15 -- The ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, Peru’s top tourist attraction, has been the site of an escalating protest by hundreds of peasants over what they said is a pattern of ...