It's hard to imagine, but the Inca had full-sized gold statues like these small figurines. They made gold statues of all their deities. But due to the great meltdown, when the Spaniards pillaged ...

Historical records indicate animal sacrifices were important to the Inca, who used them as special offerings to supernatural deities,' said Dr Valdez, lead author of the excavation and follow up ...

Mountain deities were seen as lords of the forces of nature who presided over crops and livestock. In essence they were the protectors of the Inca people, the keepers of life who reached up toward ...