A stone box fished out of Lake Titicaca contains tiny items that add an intriguing twist to what’s known about the Inca empire’s religious practices and supernatural beliefs about the massive lake.

Among the Incas, sensory experience served as both a marker of status and a conduit to the supernatural. Ritual was preceded by a deprivation of sensation, especially taste, and followed by the ...

Built high in the Peruvian Andes on the western edge of the Amazon Basin, the Inca stronghold of Machu Picchu has astounded and confounded visitors since it was unveiled to the wider world more than ...