Situated in the Peruvian Andes, Cuzco developed, under the Inca ruler Pachacutec, into a complex urban centre with distinct religious and administrative functions. It was surrounded by clearly ...

Situated in the Peruvian Andes, Cuzco developed, under the Inca ruler Pachacutec, into a complex urban centre with distinct religious and administrative functions. It was surrounded by clearly ...

A stone throne supported by a carved, crouching man shows the Andean fondness for working the most stubborn materials. It is further demonstrated by photographs of temples near Cuzco, 11,000 feet up.

And between 1150 and 1300, the Inca around Cusco began to capitalize on a major warming trend in the Andes. Under the care of a watchman, corn dries in the autumn air of Yucay. A staple crop for ...

"You can finish with me now because I could not be more honoured than by the feasts which they celebrated for me in Cuzco." Tanta Carhua was then taken to a high Andean mountain, placed in a shaft ...