Child sacrifice in the Incan Empire was performed as part of the capacocha ritual. Children were chosen because they were thought to be the purest of society, therefore the best people to offer to ...

Inca child sacrifice victims came from all over the empire, scientists say By Christopher Carbone Fox News Published September 26, 2019 5:57pm EDT | Updated September 26, 2019 9:02pm EDT ...

The first tells of how Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo, the children of the Sun God, came to found the Inca Empire in Cusco valley after traveling over 500 kilometers (311 miles) from Lake Titicaca.

The mummy of an Incan child who was sacrificed to the gods more than 500 years ago belonged to a previously unknown offshoot of an ancient Native American lineage, new research finds. The child, a ...

They dismantled the structure of the Inca Empire. Incans realized the Spaniards were enemies, but their resistance was easily put down in 1536, during a great battle at Sacayhuama.

Lost Empire Part 3 (back to Part 2) Machu Picchu ... It was a place of worship to the sun god, the greatest deity in the Inca pantheon. A High Altitude Culture ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered a 'gift to the Inca Gods' beneath Lake Titicaca in South America in a stunning find.

Remains of the Painted Temple, first built at the site of Pachacamac in southern Peru in the 8th and 9th centuries A.D., are visible behind a heavily looted ancient cemetery.The 15th-century Inca ...

The mummy of an Incan child who was sacrificed to the gods more than 500 years ago belonged to a previously unknown offshoot of an ancient Native American lineage, new research finds. The child, a ...