The Inca Empire practiced a form of Communism, prioritizing collective survival and state-mandated labor without money or trade.

New CT scans of Inca child mummies show how sacrifice rituals were carefully controlled and continued after death.

What remains of the Inca legacy is limited, as the conquistadors plundered what they could of Inca treasures and in so doing, dismantled the many structures painstakingly built by Inca craftsmen to ...

Operations in the ancient Incan world would sometimes involve scraping and drilling holes in the skull, a surgery researchers now know was so refined in ancient Peru that survival rates during the ...

Explore the mysteries of ancient Inca architecture in Cusco as we uncover megalithic walls, precision stonework, and the fascinating transition from original constructions to Inca restorations, ...

The Inca Empire in South America, one of the most powerful pre-Columbian societies, was known for many innovations — such as the architecture of Machu Picchu, an extensive road network, and a system ...

The Incas were known to engage in a sacrificial ritual involving children to appease their gods. Archaeologists have found ...

A groundbreaking discovery by archaeologists brings the latest developments regarding the Inca empire's elites, with a bathhouse seen in the Peruvian Andes region. The researchers claimed that this is ...

A cotton and agave fiber Inca khipu is seen at an exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Brendan Smialowski | AFP via Getty Images) The Inca ...