apart from flattering histories that Inca nobles told soon after the arrival of Spanish conquistadores. The Inca had no system of hieroglyphic writing, as the Maya did, and any portraits that Inca ...

Somewhere deep inside the unforgiving Llanganates mountain range between the Andes and the Amazon is said to exist a fabulous Inca hoard hidden from Spanish conquistadors. The legend begins in the ...

The Inca Garcilaso Medal is celebrated in Miami, honoring cultural heritage, art, and education while recognizing influential ...

We really aren't sure whether the rocks we see in the quarries that show this pattern date from the Inca period or perhaps from the period shortly after the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores.

Red carries profound symbolism in Inca mythology ... The cochineal insect was brought to Europe by Spanish conquistadors in the 15th century, and held a worth akin to gold and silver.

Back then, the Spanish were blessed with bravado, while the Aztecs and Incas were cursed with naiveté. The conquistadors arrived in Mexico and Peru in ridiculously small numbers—a few hundred ...

Now, the long-accepted account of a swift Spanish conquest of the Inca—achieved with guns, steel, and horses—is being replaced by a more complete story based on surprising new evidence ...

February is National Potato Month. This vegetable, also known as spud and Irish potato, has been grown as a crop for at least ...

A statue of the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro has been reinstalled in the centre of Lima, the capital of Peru, more than 20 years after it had been removed. The sculpture was unveiled during ...

It's hard to believe this iconic "lost city of the Incas" was untouched during the Spanish conquest. The Incas cleverly obscured these 12 acres of temples, aqueducts and gardens from the Spaniards ...

A statue of the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro has been ... Pizarro founded Lima in 1535 after defeating the Inca Empire and claiming their lands for the Spanish crown.