Life and Death of the Inca
2 Episodes
A special History Hit deep dive into the fascinating world of the Inca. Dan Snow travels high into the Peruvian Andes to explore how they thrived in their high altitude empire, building extraordinary structures, a vast road network and harnessing the resources of the mountains. We investigate the imposing ancient stone buildings of Cusco and climb the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. Dan and expert interviewees reveal the latest thinking on Inca religion, how they built their empire, and the reasons for their rapid rise and fall.
This is an opportunity, over two episodes filmed in the spectacular Inca heartlands of Peru, to get up close with this magnificent empire and its extraordinary story.
You can discover more about the history of the Inca and Machu Picchu on Dan's podcast Dan Snow's History Hit: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1o7rUCbIq1iUmTTKlxVReV?si=856d33e60a4f4919
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51:02Episode 1Life and Death of the Inca - 1: Life
Episode 1
Life: Dan starts in Cusco, exploring how the Inca rose to power. He journeys along Inca roads through the Andes to Machu Picchu where he finds out how this extraordinary city operated and its favoured location in the heart of a sacred landscape of mountains, natural and cosmic forces. Experts in...
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45:09Episode 2Life and Death of the Inca - 2: Death
Episode 2
Death: This episode begins with an extraordinary discovery - an ‘ice-mummy’, dubbed “Juanita”, found on a frozen volcano summit in the 1990s.
With very special access at the Andean Sanctuaries Museum, Arequipa, Dan comes face to face with this 13-year old victim and investigates the remarkable...