Inca Archive

AncientPages.com - For more than a millennium, many Andean peoples used an object called a "khipu" (also spelled "quipu" and pronounced "key-poo") to record and communicate information. Khipus

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - There is much evidence the Incas were skilled in regard to water engineering. One of their greatest accomplishments is the Incamisana water temple

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Cuzco is a beautiful ancient city in the Peruvian Andes. When the first Spaniards set foot there, they were stunned to see a

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 of this series we discussed who they Inca were and where they came from. It soon became clear that the

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - It’s not the first time scientists rely on ancient knowledge to solve modern crisis. This time, researchers are investigating how it’s possible to

AncientPages.com - Scientists have studied two Chilean female mummies clad in red poison dresses. The females aged 9 and 18 years died about 500 or 600 years ago and

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered impressive Inca agricultural terraces and enclosures in Cusco, Peru. While excavating at Qentepata area of Chinchero Archaeological Park, situated an hour from South Andean

AncientPages.com - An astronomical observatory, massive stone walls and a great variety of pottery have been revealed during excavations at Espiritu Pampa archaeological site in Southern Cusco region, Peru.

AncientPages.com - On November 16, 1532, Francisco Pizarro captured Atahualpa, the Last Emperor of the Inca Empire, in the town of Cajamarca, Peru. When he arrived in Cajamarca, the town