The Incas were an ancient people who in the 16th century controlled the greatest empire in the Americas. The remote ancestors of the Incas were Stone Age hunters who crossed the ...
. The Incas were magnificent engineers. They built a system of roads and bridges across the roughest terrains of the . Through their and the most advanced centralized economy, the Incas ...
Food consumed by the inhabitants of the varied depending on where in the vast territory they lived. People living near the coast based their diet on fresh seafood and fruits ...
The Inca Empire built an advanced network of roads that crisscrossed the empire and connected each of the four corners of the Tawantinsuyu. It stretched from Quito, Ecuador in the ...
Puno is considered the Folkloric Capital of Peru, there are more than 300 different local dances representing centuries old traditions inherited from the Incas and the colony. Folk dances and son...
The town of Puno is the capital of the department of Puno in Peru. It was founded on November 4, 1668 by the Spanish for its closeness to the colonial ...
The Inca society was a vertical hierarchical organization divided in four social classes. At the top of the stratum was the Sapa Inca, the most powerful person in the empire. ...
Interesting facts about the lost city of Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu means “Old Mountain” in Quechua, the Inca language. Hiram Bingham rediscovered the lost city in 1911. The lost city is loca...
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It is estimated that around 1.5 million tourists visit Cusco every year, and the city of Cusco have become the main tourist attractions in Peru and one of the ...
The Tumi is a ceremonial knife made of bronze, gold, silver or copper and usually made of one piece. Its handle has a rectangular or trapezoidal shape, its length varies but it always exceeded th...