The remote city of Machu Picchu was abandoned after the Spanish arrived in Peru in the early 16th century, and the conquistadors never found it. How things change. Now, the Incan empire’s most ...

Peru is often defined by the mystical ruins of Machu Picchu, but the country holds far more archaeological treasures than ...

Machu Picchu is celebrated as an Inca masterpiece—but the evidence suggests something far older lies beneath. The precision ...

Peru’s famous Inca city of Machu Picchu, perched high in the Andes Mountains, is possibly several decades older than experts previously thought. New evidence published in the journal Antiquity found ...

Hiram Bingham III was an archaeologist and lecturer of history at Yale. His wife had money, and he was able to finance his own exploration in South America. In 1911 he led an expedition to Peru in ...

Considered a masterpiece of architecture and engineering, Machu Picchu, declared one of the New 7 Wonders of the World in 2007, never ceases to amaze. On July 4, Pedro Astete, director of national ...

A visitor looks at artworks displayed as part of the exhibition "Machu Picchu and the Treasures of Peru" at Cite de l Architecture et du Patrimoine (City of Architecture and Heritage Museum) at Palais ...

The First women only Inca Trail tours, led by women tours guides and supported by women porters. Evolution Treks Peru Talk about wonder women. The first-ever all-female journey to Machu Picchu, one of ...

Known as the "Machu Picchu of the North,” Kuélap is a massive pre-Inca fortified citadel built by the Chachapoyas people.

The first-ever all-female journey to Machu Picchu, one of the seven wonders of the world, is happening in time to cap off Women’s History Month on March 30. Women-only porters, tour guides and hikers ...