They often join out of a yearning to belong, to be a part of a family, to find strength in numbers. In return, Latin Kings agree to follow a strict code of behavior, detailed in a manifesto that&#8… ...

In 2010, Tamara Estupiñan’s academic research led her to discover forgotten Inca ruins in the heart of Ecuador. For the historian, the Malqui-Machay site represents the final resting place of ...

Inca kings and nobles amassed stupendous riches which accompanied them, in death, in their tombs. But it was their great wealth that ultimately undid the Inca ...

He had the Inca king put to death before the last and largest part of the ransom had been delivered. Instead, the story goes, the gold was buried in a secret mountain cave.

The Inca king commanded the largest civilisation in South America, with a complex political and military structure. ... Christopher Ride is the author of The Inca Curse (Bantam Australia, $29.95).

Elmore began the public talk, titled “Afterlives of the Inca: The Long History of Apu Inka Atawallpaman,” with an analysis of an 1867 painting by Peruvian artist Luis Montero depicting the funeral of ...

On a narrow ledge of the high Andes, 75 miles northwest of the ancient Inca capital of Cuzco, a handful of Peruvians and Americans met last week to dedicate a bronze plaque to U.S. Archaeologist ...

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