The Inca Empire was a complex, highly developed society that ruled ancient Peru for centuries. The civilization grew strong thanks to important advances in technology. This information-rich title covers the Incas roads and communications systems, buildings, bridges, terrace farming, and tools. Readers will also learn about important scientific innovations such as calendars, Quipu, the Incas understanding of astronomy, and their medicinal practices. Written with age-appropriate language and accompanied by colorful images, this title brings Inca technology to life.

Product Description: A fundamental look at the ancient mountaintop city of Machu Picchu, examining how it was built, the purposes its buildings served, and why it continues to attract visitors today. Includes color photographs, glossary, read more about it section and index.

Product Description: Buried cities, mummified bodies, armies of clay - this series digs down deep into history to uncover some of the mysteries of the past.

Explores the worldwide practices of mummification, introducing famous mummies of children and the events surrounding their deaths, describing the social or religious reasons behind mummification, and explaining how bodies become mummified.

Takes readers to Inca archaeological sites where they will delve into the ruins and tombs of Peru, where clues to the lives of the Ancient Incas are revealed, including Coricancha, a magnificent temple of worship that reveals Inca's spiritual culture.

Describes the discovery of the ruins of the Incan city Machu Picchu, explains how and why it was built, and details ways in which the ruins are being conserved and protected today.

Describes the history of the Inca civilization and the discovery of the city of Machu Picchu in the Andes Mountains.

Offers the story of the archaeologist who, in the mountains of Peru, found the mummified body of a thirteen-year-old Inca girl who had been given as a sacrifice to the god of Mount Ampato more than five hundred years ago.

An anthropologist's tale of his discovery of the five-hundred-year-old frozen Inca teenage woman on the Ampato volcano outlines the journey surrounding the historic finding and what her mummy tells us about ancient Inca culture.

Discusses the discovery of the 500-year-old frozen body of a young girl in the Andes and how this discovery has increased our knowledge of ancient civilization

Dreaming of the day when she can attend the tiny local school, Chaska and her dog, Kusi, uncover a precious golden Inca icon that helps her--and her entire village--achieve their greatest dreams.