The Inca has been announced as a new civilization heading to Civilization VI with its upcoming Gathering Storm expansion. The faction is heavily focused on building its cities on mountain regions.

Archaeologists must have one of the coolest jobs ever—as long as a lifetime of digging around in the dirt yields some epic ...

Experts have shed new light on how the Inca civilization used “trophy heads” to maintain control over conquered peoples. At its height in the 16th century, the Inca Empire spanned modern-day ...

The researchers found a clear improvement in cranial surgery on the coastal regions and the Andean highlands of Peru, which led to a high survival rate in the 15th- and 16th-century Inca empire.

My Peru adventures started out in Lima, the capital of Peru and the city where my mother was born and raised. I was there for ...

The Inca will make their return to Civilization with February's Gathering Storm expansion. Led once again by Pachacuti, the Inca can make use of mountains like no-one else. Their unique ability is ...

Cusco, located about 130 miles from Machu Picchu, was the thriving epicenter of the Inca Empire. Today, it stands as both a popular tourist destination and a treasure trove for archaeologists.

THE OLDEST LIVING CITY IN THE AMERICAS. THIS IS CUSCO, PERU, THE CAPITAL OF THE INCAN EMPIRE. IT’S ALIVE AND IT’S UP THERE AT 11,000FT. THE ELEVATION IS MORE THAN TWICE AS HIGH AS DENVER. BUT ...

A High Altitude Culture Perhaps most unique about Inca civilization was its thriving existence at altitude. The Incas ruled the Andean Cordillera, second in height and harshness to the Himalayas.

The Wari were an Andean civilization that flourished in the coastal regions from roughly 500 AD to 1000 AD, well before the Inca empire’s 13th century rise.