The Incas apparently spirited it away before the Spanish could get their hands on it, and there are persistent rumors that it's hidden in a secret tunnel beneath Cuzco. 2.

The Inca leader Pachacuti, as depicted by an early chronicler. According to a 1586 chronicle by the Spanish cleric Miguel Cabello Valboa, Pachacuti reigned from 1438 to 1471 and his son Tupac Inca ...

A detailed look at the ancient megalithic structures in Cusco, Peru, discovered by the Inca civilization over a millennium ago, revealing their significance and construction. Two people killed and ...

INCAS: Book 2, The Gold of Cuzco A. B. Daniel, , trans. from the French by Alex Gilly. . Simon & Schuster, $14 (384pp) ISBN 978-0-7434-3275-7 ...

In 1536, Spaniards drove the Incas from Cuzco, sending rebel chieftain Manco Capac and thousands of his soldiers fleeing northeastward toward Machu Picchu into the vast wilderness of Vilcabamba ...

Situated in the Peruvian Andes, Cuzco developed, under the Inca ruler Pachacutec, into a complex urban centre with distinct religious and administrative functions. It was surrounded by clearly ...

In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the Inca Empire was the largest South America had ever known. Rich in foodstuffs, textiles, gold, and coca, the Inca were masters of city building but ...

Visitors admire a replica of a gold mask from Sanxingdui at an ongoing exhibition at the Inka Museum in Cuzco, Peru. The exhibition, titled Light of the Sun: A Dialogue Between Ancient Shu and ...

The Incas also had an elaborate food storage system. ... Just to give you an idea of the scale involved, at least according to some reports, the Incas in Cuzco [the Inca capital] ...

Cuzco exhibition sheds light on shared beliefs of ancient Shu, Inca civilizations 0 Comment(s) Print E-mail China Daily, November 15, 2024 Adjust font size: ...