After fighting a bloody civil war against his brother, the prince Atahualpa emerged as the sole leader of the Inca in 1532. But his reign was short-lived. While traveling to the Inca capital Cuzco to ...

Archaeologists are uncovering remnants of a large pool constructed in Ecuador by the Inca during the 15th century. Its elaborate series of canals may have been used to collect water from as far away ...

Obsessed with a treasure city, conquistador Francisco Pizarro captured the Inca emperor Atahualpa. To spare his life, the emperor offered up the largest cache of gold the Spanish ever acquired in the ...

Cajamarca, Peru — On a busy Peruvian street, crammed between a video store and a restaurant, is a narrow, stone storefront with the words “ransom room” carved above the door in Spanish. Inside, in a ...