Long before colonization, the people of Peru kept track of important information using a mysterious coding system of strings and knots called a quipu.

What it’s about: Son of a man follows Pipe (the son) and Lois Felipe (the father) on their hunt for the lost Inca treasure of a long-gone emperor Atahualpa. Once in Ecuador Pipe will realize how ...

During my descent late one afternoon about ten years ago, my knees aching, I was haunted by the specter of Atahualpa, the Inca monarch, who would have perhaps traveled this route to his fatal ...

The quest for Inca Emperor Atahualpa’s Gold Treasure gains momentum as explorers find ancient Inca pathways and a secret lagoon. Credit: Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum / Public Domain A team of ...

In their hands, they had their own worlds: the Inca Empire (Tahuantinsuyu) and Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire. The two rulers created a unique, unrepeatable experience, which is ...

caption]“I think Huayna Capac built the site, and then Atahualpa remodeled it for his coronation,” says Bray. Every new Inca ruler traditionally founded an estate for his royal lineage and ...

He was a one-person macroeconomic cycle. While Mansa Musa’s wealth shook the Mediterranean, Atahualpa, the last ruler of the Incan Empire, controlled an equally remarkable fortune, although ...

By 1532, the Inca Empire was embroiled in a civil war that had decimated the population and divided the people's loyalties. Atahualpa, the younger son of former Incan ruler Huayna Capac, had just ...

Indeed, many historians mark 1533 — the year Atahualpa was killed and the Spaniards conquered the capital city of Cuzco — as the end of the civilization. Still, the final Inca ruler, Túpac Amaru, didn ...

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 ...