500 years ago, two worlds met: utterly alien, unknown, unsuspected to one another. Three men decisively shaped that encounter and its legacy for succeeding generations. In this final lecture, Pizarro ...

The 500-year-old skull, found in a long-forgotten Inca cemetery outside Lima, Peru, had two round holes just across from each other. Nearby was a plug of bone, recovered intact, that carried the ...

The Wari, an ancestor culture to the Incas that flourished throughout the Andean Highlands, expanded their reign largely through trade and semiautonomous colonies, rather than through the iron fist of ...

A fire that burns deep -- In search of Birú -- A second chance -- A test of will -- Inca heritage -- The empire of the sun -- Return of the prodigal son -- The third voyage -- Civil war -- Pizarro's ...

The Chachapoyas region was conquered by the Inca Empire in the late 15th century. Knowledge of the fate of the local population has been based largely on Inca oral histories, written down only decades ...

Note: This program contains recreations of violent battle scenes between the Inca and the Spanish conquistadors. Please preview it to determine its appropriateness for your classroom. NOVA ...

The Chachapoyas region was conquered by the Inca Empire in the late 15th century. Inca oral histories, written down after the Spanish conquest, claim that the native population was forcibly resettled ...

Note: This program contains recreations of violent battle scenes between the Inca and the Spanish conquistadors. Please preview it to determine its appropriateness for your classroom. NOVA ...