Incas : Discovery News

2012 Doomsday is a 'Marketing Fallacy'

Posted by Ian O'Neill Fri Dec 2, 2011 03:51 PM ET | 0

The Mayans never predicted the world would end on Dec. 21, 2012 -- the Doomsday misconception is a "distorted world view of ancient civilizations." Read more

Mysterious Statue Once Featured at Machu Picchu

Posted by Rossella Lorenzi Mon Jul 25, 2011 08:27 AM ET | 0

The stone statue likely represented the great Inca emperor, Pachacuti, say archaeologists. Read more

'The Lost City' Marks 100 Years: Big Pic

Posted Sun Jul 24, 2011 07:00 AM ET | 0

Peruvians celebrate Machu Picchu's 100th anniversary of the discovery of the archaeological wonder. Read more

Llama Poop Helped Inca Thrive

Posted by Rossella Lorenzi Mon May 23, 2011 11:51 AM ET | 0

Pollen and mites buried in mud layers of the Andes reveal how llama droppings helped the Inca fertilize vital maize crops. Read more

Mummified Dogs Unearthed in Peru

Posted Thu Nov 11, 2010 01:15 PM ET | 0

Discovered at a major pre-Columbian site, the 15th-century dogs may have been religious offerings. Read more

Pre-Inca Remains Found in Peru

Posted Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:29 PM ET | 0

Peruvian researchers believe the remains date back more than 1,200 years. Read more

Machu Picchu Described as Pilgrimage Site: Discovery News

Posted Mon Jun 8, 2009 11:35 AM ET

Machu Picchu, the "lost city of the Incas," was not a true city but rather a pilgrimage center symbolically connected to the Andean vision of the cosmos, an Italian study has concluded. Read more

Machu Picchu Described as Pilgrimage Site

Posted by Rossella Lorenzi Mon Jun 8, 2009 11:27 AM ET | 0

Machu Picchu, the "lost city of the Incas," was not a true city but rather a pilgrimage center symbolically connected to the Andean vision of the cosmos, an Italian study has concluded. Read more

Fall of Empires Hastened 'Little Ice Age' : Discovery News

Posted Mon Jan 5, 2009 04:40 AM ET

The demise of the Aztec and Incan Empires may have sparked one of the first instances of human-induced climate change. Read more

Andean Mummy Hairs Show Hallucinogen Use: Discovery News

Posted Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:29 AM ET

Andean mummy hair has provided the first direct archaeological evidence of the consumption of hallucinogens in pre-Hispanic Andean populations, according to recent gas chromatography and mass spectrometry analysis. Read more