Much of the temple was destroyed by the Spanish ... Inside, an empty niche once held a statue of Inti, the Inca sun god, flanked by sheets of gold. “When the light caught them,” wrote one ...

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.

The entire temple complex takes the form of the Sun God’s towering chariot drawn by seven horses on twelve pairs of exquisitely decorated wheels at its base. The entire temple complex is covered ...

Before the Spanish conquest of Peru, the Inca were an expansive culture known ... Estimated to be about 5,000 years old, the temple walls are made from smashed mud, archaeologists said.

Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca civilization, has been voted best cultural destination of the year 2024 by Tripadvisor ...