Inside the search for the lost citadel of the Inca

For centuries, the vanished Inca fortress of Ancocagua existed only in lore. Now, at a mountaintop site in Peru, researchers ...
Ancient Origins

Child Sacrifice Atop Llullaillaco Volcano Linked to Inca Imperial Expansion

A new study of botanical remains found with three mummified Inca children atop the Llullaillaco volcano has revealed that their sacrifice likely occurred around 1499, during a period of rapid Inca ...
Ars Technica

Incan numerical recordkeeping system may have been widely used

Inca bureaucrats recorded all the goings-on in their bustling empire using knotted cords called khipu, where the position and order of the knots represented numbers. They relied on the khipu system to ...
NPR

A lock of hair may have just changed what we know about life in the Incan Empire

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 ...