Inca Empire Archive
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Who was the Sapa Inca? The ruler of the Inca people, known as the Sapa Inca, held a unique and significant position. The "only
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the ancient beliefs of the Inca people, Amaru, also known as Katari, is a god appearing in the form of a creature (usually
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists unearthed a 500-year-old funerary bundle and pottery during work on a natural gas line near Lima’s central coastline. The bundle, wrapped in
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Inca state and culture were born with a legend. The children of the god Inti, Manco Capac and his sister Mama Ocllo
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - She is an important figure in the Inca's ancient beliefs. Ocllo (or Mama Uqllu) was worshipped by the Incas of Central and Southern
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The "ayllu" was the traditional form of a community in the Inca society, especially among Quechuas and Aymaras, the indigenous people of South
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A great number of archaeological sites and prehistoric monuments have revealed alignments towards celestial events that played an important role in the life of
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The AFP reports that researchers Ricardo Fujita and Jose Sandoval of Lima's University of San Martin de Porresit have been able to successfully trace the DNA of the
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Unraveling the secret of the quipu is by no means easy, but one student has successfully decoded an ancient Inca message. The Inca had no written language.
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Inti Raymi is Inca’s Sun Festival, traditionally celebrated at Cuzco on June 24, which marks the winter solstice, the shortest day of the
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The Chachapoyas were the original inhabitants of cloud forests of northern Peru, above the river valleys of the Utcubamba and Marañon. Today, they are particularly well-known for
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient ruins and artifacts in Borgatta, located in the Argentinean Andes reveal pre-Inca societies lacked hierarchical leadership before the Inca Empire claimed the region.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Incas were very strict with the laws and punishments, which were very harsh and severe. Unlike other places, the Inca Empire had low
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AncientPages.com - As a means of communications, the Inca used fast roadrunners to relay messages. The roadrunners were the mailmen of the Inca Empire. Not everyone could become a
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - High in the Andes Mountains of Peru, the Inca built a dazzling empire that governed 12 million people. They had no writing system,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Marcahuasi is an eerie place related to many legends and unbelievable stories about mysterious subterranean chambers, sightings of balls of light or even encounters
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Incan Empire, which stretched for over 2000 miles from the north to the south and had an estimated 10 million population -
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AncientPages.com - There are many amazing stone structures at Sacsayhuamán, a walled complex on the northern outskirts of the city of Cusco, Peru. This entire ancient site is remarkable
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