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Video description: Inca -
Secret of the Ancestors.
The Incas built a notable civilization in western South America in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The center of their empire was in present-day Cuzco, Peru.
Machu Picchu is without doubt the most recognizable symbol of Inca Civilization. "The Inca Trail", as it is known now, was the Royal Highway that led pilgrims and officials of the Empire to the Sacred City of the Incas.
The Paracas culture was an important Andean society between approximately
750 BCE and 100 CE that developed in the Paracas Peninsula, located in what
today is the Paracas District of the Pisco Province in the Ica Region. Most of
our information about the lives of the Paracas people comes from excavations at
the large seaside Paracas necropolis, first investigated by the Peruvian
archaeologist Julio Tello in the 1920s.
The Nazca culture flourished between 300 BC and AD 800. They were
responsible for the Nazca Lines and the ceremonial city of Cahuachi; they also
constructed an impressive system of underground aqueducts that still function
today.
See also:
History of the Incas 1
- Inca Trail, 2,
3,
4,
5,
6
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