Tagged: ancient ruins

Largest and best preserved ancient Inca ruins in Ecuador are located near Cuenca, in the province of Cañar, Ecuador. They are known as Ingapirca (in the native Quechua, “Inca wall”). The entire complex was a fortification mixture of the Inca and Cañari civilizations. The most...

Ancient ruins and mounds of Mesopotamia have revealed many precious artifacts, thousands of tablets, statuettes, and various other treasures which are now in the Louvre. Among them there is a statue carved in hard diorite, which depicts the ruling prince, or king-priest of the city...