In some mythical tales, the Inca was created by the sun god, Inti who sent his son, Manco Capac to Earth. Legend has it that he first killed his brothers and then led his sisters into a valley ...

The holiday represents the victory of light over darkness. Peru's winter solstice is celebrated in June and honors the Incan sun god Inti (Quechua for "sun"), the most revered god in the Inca ...

The paths of the ceque system converged at Qorikancha, a temple devoted to Inti—the god of the sun and one of the highest deities of the Inca pantheon—and ran through the four corners of the ...

This semi-circular building was dedicated to Inti, the Inca sun god, and played a vital role in ceremonies and rituals. Its ...

Temples of the godsIn the Inca capital, Cusco, the Koricancha stood as a great temple dedicated to the sun god. Spanish colonizers later built the Convent of Santo Domingo on the site. Alamy/ACI ...

The Inca Road is one of the most extraordinary ... that served as altars to the Pachamama (Mother Earth) or Inti (the sun god). Many of those traditions continue today and part of the exhibition ...

This small gold model of a llama is a fitting offering for an Inca mountain god. The Incas revered gold as the sweat of the sun and believed that it represented the sun's regenerative powers.

With an offering to Pachamama (Mother Earth), the ancestral Inca ceremony for the sun god is staged in Cusco before thousands of tourists for the first time after more than two... Already a Barron ...