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Rising from obscurity to the heights of power, a succession of Andean rulers subdued kingdoms, sculpted mountains, and forged a mighty empire.
AT MUSEO LEYMEBAMBA, CHACHAPOYAS, PERU
At Lake Titicaca, craft vendors wait for tourists on an island sacred to the Inca. Far left: The small bundle is how the Chachapoya people kept their dead. The conquering Inca were inspired to make a similar bundle for the larger mummy.