In the turmoil of those decades, the Inca's sprawling network of roads, storehouses, temples, and estates began slowly falling into ruin. As the empire crumbled, the Inca and their descendants ...

Built in the 15th century under the reign of the Inca emperor Pachacuti, this city was a testament to the empire's power and ...

Though the 16th-century Spanish conquistador invasion ended the Inca Empire, the legacy of the Incas lives on in their architectural triumphs—precise, remarkably engineered stoneworks rising ...

I flew to Cuzco, the onetime Inca capital and now Peru ... and entered the vast plaza at the heart of an empire, surrounded with monumental palaces and temples, everything glittering with ...

The legend begins in the 16th century, when the great Inca Empire in western South America was giving way to European invaders. Atahualpa was an Inca king who, after warring with his half-brother ...

At the height of its existence the Inca Empire was the largest nation on Earth ... irrigation canals, temples, or fortresses. In return, rulers paid their laborers in clothing and food.

From there, head to the Temple of the Sun to admire the exquisite Incan masonry and a granite stone that may have served as the Inca's calendar. Continue on to the Temple of Three Windows ...

To the Incan eye, the landscape of their empire was riddled with shrines. Often these were inanimate objects like rocks and streams. But among the holiest places in the empire were mountain peaks ...

At the height of its existence the Inca Empire was the largest nation on Earth ... irrigation canals, temples, or fortresses. In return, rulers paid their laborers in clothing and food.