The Incas and Pre-Incas, Machu Picchu, Cusco, the Inca Trail, Nazca Lines, Quechua Language, the Quipus, Chan Chan, the Lord of Sipan, Sacsayhuaman, Andean Music, Peruvian Cuisine.
The Inca calendar had 12 months of 30 days, with each month having its own festival. (The Incan year began in December, and began with Capac Raymi, the magnificent festival.)
Archeologists working high in the Peruvian Andes have discovered the oldest celestial observatory in the Americas — a 4,200-year-old structure marking the summer and winter solstices that is as old as the stone pillars of Stonehenge.