Here, the Sapa Inca built a personal estate and began constructing a temple complex. During the conquest, Ollantaytambo acted as an important stronghold for Manco Capac, who, according to Spanish ...

We are entering another epoch of colonization this time marked by extreme economic aggression against weaker nations.

The dug-out passages may follow the exact path of the Inca capital’s aboveground roads Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent Spanish settlers ... of the Sun—which conquistadors ruined and covered ...

Dr. Frances R. Curcio traveled 28,105 nautical miles to Peru, Chile, Fiji, Australia, Cambodia, India, Tanzania, Egypt and Morocco.

(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 ...

Have you ever wondered what secrets are hidden beneath the dirt or tucked away in rooms where few have gone … Continue ...

Co-edited by Schwaller and Vitus Huber of the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, the book revolves around Hernán Cortés, ...

Cabot's gold-hungry ancestors — including a Spanish conquistador, a missionary, a female early 20th-century pilot, an Edwardian explorer, and a prospector — come to life as visual ...

The Gulf of Mexico instead got its name from 16th-century Spanish mapmakers. In the age of discovery and conquest, European mariners often named bodies of water after the destination territory on ...