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Family was an essential part of Inca societal structures, and bonds within families were strong even outside the nuclear family structure. The Inca name for the broad family was “ayllu” and were essentially one group comprised of many smaller…

As the Inca Empire grew its boundaries well throughout the Andes region, they surmounted large sums of wealth. The Incas collected large deposits of gold, created large food storages, and offered valuable gifts to gods during religious ceremonies.…

The lands that the Inca called home were the mountain ranges of the Andes. The huge mountains that make up the range are only a part of the many challenges making an empire of the range would bring. Active volcanos are dotted throughout the mountain…

The gorgeous ruins of Machu Picchu, sitting high above the world on a ridge in the Andes Mountains, serves as a lasting reminder from the Inca that they were here. Its creation has been dated to have been in the mid-15th century AD, placing its…

To facilitate communication throughout their expansive empire, the Inca built over 40,000 kilometers of roads and bridges winding throughout the Andes. This highway system, the Qhapaq Ñan, was primarily not for use by common citizens, and citizens…

The City Rises composes all dominant motives of the Italian Futurist movement onto one canvas. Boccioni is showing the ongoing construction of a power plant in Milan, Italy while hounding the “speed and movement” (wallector.com) tropes of Futurism.…

This photograph features Victor Houteff and his wife, Florence. The date of this photograph is unknown.

This is a copy of a photograph of Benjamin Roden, the founder of the Branch Davidians, when he was estimated to be about 35 years old.

Quipu or khipu were (and still are, as they are used today in some parts of South America) the writing or recording system of the Inca, and the closest they had to a written language. They are composed of a series of knotted cords which stored…

The Incan llama, as pictured above, is a 6cm by 1cm gold figurine that was presented as an offering, likely accompanied by gifts such as golden human figures and human sacrifice. The item has been hammered into shape, and represents the mark of the…