In a Small Village High in the Peruvian Andes, Life Stories Are Written in Textiles
Through weaving, the women of Ausangate, Peru, pass down the traditions of their ancestors
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Inca Road
The Fascinating Afterlife of Peru’s Mummies
From inside stone palaces and atop sacred mountaintops, the Inca dead continued to wield incredible power over the living
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Inca Road
What Endures From the Ancient Civilizations That Once Ruled the Central Andes?
To journey here is to roam through almost six thousand years of civilization, to one of the places where the human enterprise began
What It’s Like to Travel the Inca Road Today
A rocky rollicking journey to Machu Picchu along one of the greatest engineering feats in the Americas
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Inca Road
How the Inca Empire Engineered a Road Across Some of the World’s Most Extreme Terrain
For a new exhibition, a Smithsonian curator conducted oral histories with contemporary indigenous cultures to recover lost Inca traditions
A Dozen Indigenous Craftsman From Peru Will Weave Grass into a 60-Foot Suspension Bridge in Washington, D.C.
The ancient technology used lightweight materials to create soaring 150-foot spans that could hold the weight of a marching army
Spanish Conquest of the Incas Caused Air Pollution to Spike
A sample of Peruvian ice has revealed a surge in pollution linked to mining that wasn’t exceeded until the Industrial Revolution
The Mystery of This 500-Year Old Mummy Is Only Beginning To Be Solved
For more than a century, no one in Germany knew where this mummy came from
The Earliest and Greatest Engineers Were the Incas
Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough treks to Peru to see how Machu Picchu was built
Farming Like the Incas
The Incas were masters of their harsh climate, archaeologists are finding—and the ancient civilization has a lot to teach us today
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