Sullivan argues that the key to the mythology and social structure of the Incas can be found in the belief held by their priest-astronmers that their world was soon to end in a great apocalypse. He further proposes that we understand Inca rituals of warfare and human sacrifice as an attempt to Stop Time, to forstall the cataclysm that threatened the world as they knew it. This book presents his evidence for this extraordinary thesis. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.