| Stroll along the tracks that criss-cross the landscape, passing deserted Incan ruins and nodding greetings to the Aymaran inhabitants. |
| However, a significant proportion of Ecuador's Andean population speaks the ancient Incan language of Quechua and a variety of related dialects. |
| The first stop on their five-day tour was Cusco, the ancient Incan city perched at 11,200 feet. |
| It is said that its very high protein and amino acid content played a major role in the spread of the Incan civilization. |
| Other ancient and sophisticated calendars are the Athenian, the Egyptian, the Incan, the Aztec and the Mayan. |
| But the similarity of the name to the Incan word makes the actual derivation ambiguous. |
