New World” and “Old World” are concepts still widely used to refer to the Western and Eastern Hemispheres, respectively, ...

Spain’s moneymaking interest in the former Inca Empire would be revived in 1545 ... crown and fuel a European obsession with colonial expansion. The Spaniards and their allies in Inca lands ...

A study of the Roman conquest of Anatolia reveals how imperial expansion fueled economic growth but ultimately triggered ...

For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

By Paarth Mathur ✐ Peruvian Times Contributing Writer ☄ The linguistic landscape of Peru is a story of resilience. Since the ...

The Atlantic has a fascinating deep dive into khipus — long cords that the Inca tied knots into to preserve information. Few ...

The World Monuments Fund (WMF) announced the discovery of over 100 archaeological structures belonging to the indigenous ...

It reached its maximum expansion in the 15th century ... The road network was the life giving support to the Inca Empire integrated into the Andean landscape. As a testimony to the Inca Empire, it ...

Cusco, once the illustrious capital of the Inca Empire, has once again become the centre of attention for archaeologists and history enthusiasts worldwide. A remarkable discovery of underground ...

Roads were one of the elements that enabled this impressive expansion in just a few years. It was under Tupac Inca that the empire expanded most in the last third of the 15th century, reaching even to ...

📜 The Inca Empire: Earth-Shaker - Pachacuti ... alongside bribing and engineering and negotiating their way to expansion. #ExtraHistory #IncaEmpire #History Giants re-sign polarizing backup ...

Nearly 500 years after the collapse of the largest empire in the Americas ... Instead, one of the keys to the Inca's rapid expansion was an extraordinary network of roads used for communication ...