The Secret of the Incas
Subtitle: Myth, Astronomy, and the War Against Time
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Published: May 20, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780517888513
Subjects: American history: pre-Columbian period, BCE to c 1500; Inca philosophy; History: World; Archaeology / Anthropology; Peru; Latin America - Mexico; Ancient - General; Comparative Religion; History / General; Inca astronomy; Inca mythology
First sentence: WHEN I FIRST began to read the history of the Inca Empire, I was surprised to learn that it had existed for less than a century before being utterly destroyed by the Spanish Conquistadores.
Description: Analyzes Inca mythology in light of the historical events that transformed their world at the time of the arrival of Spanish conquistadors.