As the powerful controlled production and distribution, access to coca was, at first, limited to the Inca elites. Terraces in the archaeological site of Pisac, near Cusco, Peru. Andean populations ...

Rather than flattening out large swathes of land for agriculture, the Inca carefully built terraces into the existing ...

With fantastic terraces and storehouses in the ancient Inca ruins at Ollantaytambo, the famous Machu Picchu, and the circular ...

It was probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire at its height; its giant walls, terraces and ramps seem as if they have been cut naturally in the continuous rock escarpments. The ...

crop terraces, irrigation canals, temples, or fortresses. In return, rulers paid their laborers in clothing and food. Silver and gold were abundant, but only used for aesthetics. Inca kings and ...

From the alpaca yarn on wooden looms to the ancient hillside circular terraces, Inca traditions are woven through Peru’s Sacred Valley. So are they at Las Qolqas Eco Lodge. Sitting halfway ...

The site also boasts Huayna Picchu Mountain, which looms nearly 1,000 feet above terraces, plazas and stone ... stumbled upon the "lost city of the Incas." Since then, its magnificent setting ...

crop terraces, irrigation canals, temples, or fortresses. In return, rulers paid their laborers in clothing and food. Silver and gold were abundant, but only used for aesthetics. Inca kings and ...