Up until the time of the Spanish conquest in the 16th century, Inca communities in the Andean highlands used a peculiar form ...

From the seat of government in Cusco, the Inca managed a vast territory stretching over 770,000 square miles. Controlling ...

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 ...

As you travel around Cusco and Peru’s Sacred Valley or further south in the region of Puno (near Lake Titicaca), keep an eye on the rooftops. You will often fin ...

(credit: The Gallery of Centro Cultural) Loja’s Jewish history began in Lima, where the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro, known for his conquest of the Inca Empire, tasked Alonso de ...

Our plan was to trace Serra’s story and the legacy of the Inca empire, starting in Cusco, its capital until the Spanish conquest. From there, we would journey through the Sacred Valley and the V ...

Eliot Stein In a more-than-500-year-old tradition stretching back to the Inca Empire ... and ruling for just 100 years until the Spanish conquest of 1532. But through an ingenious system of ...

Every new Inca ruler traditionally founded an estate ... Within a year, Atahualpa had been executed and the Spanish conquest was well under way. As architecturally impressive as the site is ...

Since the Inca did not leave any written records ... either became obsolete or used other means of recording after the conquest, combined with a climate that was less than ideal for textile ...

10. Francisco Pizarro (1476–1541) The Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro is infamous for his ruthless conquest of the Inca Empire in South America. Driven by a desire for wealth, Pizarro ...