Walking behind the priest in a small procession, the bearers carry the saint for all in the plaza to see, just as the Inca once shouldered the mummies of their revered kings. The names of those ...

The Inca Empire was essentially a monarchy, but given the practice of kings taking multiple wives as well as concubines, succession was rarely as straightforward as planned. Though Titu Cusí ...

Atahualpa was an Inca king who, after warring with his half-brother, Huáscar, for control of the empire, was captured at his palace in Cajamarca in modern-day Peru by Spanish commander Francisco ...

Silver and gold were abundant, but only used for aesthetics. Inca kings and nobles amassed stupendous riches which accompanied them, in death, in their tombs. But it was their great wealth that ...

What does 'Last 10' mean? The 'Last 10' information shows this horse's finishing position in its last 10 races. With the most recent on the right. An 'x' signifies a spell and 0 means the horse ...

An example was on November 25, 1978, when King Juan Carlos traveled to Peru. There he deposited in the Cathedral of Cuzco a chest with part of the ashes of the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega as a ...