Question: Did the Incas trade outside Peru by land or sea ... by rolling them over lengths of cordage placed across the route? ~Peg Answer: I'm not sure what the questioner means by "cordage ...

The valley shows substantial evidence of its use as a major trade route over the past 10,000 years. It features visible traces of prehistoric hunter-gatherer communities, of the Inca Empire (15th to ...

From the Great Wall of China to the iconic Taj Mahal, uncover the fascinating histories and cultural significance of the New ...

The fortified highland cities, located three miles (5 km) apart at around 6,560-7,220 feet (2,000-2,200 meters) above sea ...

This ancient Inca road network served as a vital communication, trade, and defence route in the Andes. According to UNESCO, ...

Home to numerous indigenous Indian tribes, the Peruvian rain forest's most recognized Indian inhabitants were the Incas whose capital ... Also crucial to Manu's rubber trade was baron Carlos ...

Reopened Silk Road trade routes created a new appetite for luxury ... This Indian representation of Inca royalty dates back to 1800. Notice their gold crowns bear the emblem of the sun.

archaeologists aided by laser-based remote-sensing technology have identified two lost cities that thrived along the fabled Silk Road trade route from the 6th to 11th centuries AD - the bigger one ...

(Reuters) - In the mountains of Uzbekistan, archaeologists aided by laser-based remote-sensing technology have identified two ...