The great plaza of Cusco was the political center of the Inca Empire. The Saphy River divided it into two sacred spaces, with the northeast area used for ceremonies. ART: JON FOSTER. JEFF OSBORN ...
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.
Steeped in death, conquest, desire, and mystery, the legend of the lost Inca gold is guarded by remote, mist-veiled mountains in central Ecuador. Somewhere deep inside the unforgiving Llanganates ...
Dead for 500 years, this Inca sacrificial mummy found on Chile's El Plomo Peak has opened the door to further inquiry into the strange and mysterious ritual life of the Inca. There may be hundreds ...
We think of data storage as a modern problem, but even ancient civilizations kept records. While much of the world used stone tablets or other media that didn’t survive the centuries, the Incas ...
By Graham Bowley and Tom Mashberg Sotheby’s opened a new salesroom and international collectors are arriving for the inaugural Art Basel Paris fair. But visiting is one thing; buying is another.
When I first looked at background material on the project that became "The Great Inca Rebellion," I had mixed feelings, I must admit. I loved the idea of returning to Peru. I had spent many years ...