On a sun-washed July afternoon, Brian Bauer, an archaeologist from the University of Illinois at Chicago, stands in the plaza of the sprawling Inca ceremonial site of Maukallacta, south of Cusco.

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.

6. Burial position In classic Inca burials, including the more typical Puruchuco burial seen here, the dead were placed in a crouched, sitting position facing the rising sun, a symbol of rebirth.

With the death of President Jimmy Carter at age 100, President Joe Biden has ordered flags to fly at half-mast.

Previous versions of the flag, including the ones drawn by Landon, depict the sun and moon with human faces. Before the establishment of democracy in Nepal – originally in 1990, then again in ...

So our little gold llama is a rare survivor. Gold was the emblem of the great Inca sun-god, and represented his generative powers. Gold was described as "sweat of the sun" just as silver was the ...

The Inca state's domain was unprecedented, its rule resulting in a universal language - a form of Quechua, a religion worshipping the sun, and a 14,000 mile-long road system criss-crossing high ...

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag is Part one of the two-part, four-hour Taiwanese edition of the film Warriors of the Rainbow.

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 Spaniard who beheld it, “the idol could not be seen ...

This is the current Illinois state flag. People can vote in January to keep it or replace it with a new design. Pat Nabong / Sun-Times Share Will Illinois have a new state flag next year?