Machu Picchu is formed of buildings, plazas, and platforms connected by narrow lanes or paths. One sector is cordoned off to itself by walls, ditches, and, perhaps, a moat—built, writes ...

Although the Inca Empire reigned across the Americas for just one century, its greatest legacy, Machu Picchu, has intrigued ...

Discover the mysterious history of Machu Picchu, from its origins as a royal retreat for the Inca Empire to its status as a ...

Although the reconstructed temples are the most impressive buildings, Machu Picchu’s most important structure is the Intihuatana or “hitching post of the sun,” a mysterious abstract stone ...

Machu Picchu - the most iconic site from the Inca empire that ruled a large swathe of western South America for 100 years before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century - is Peru's most popular ...

Continue on to the Temple of Three Windows, where you'll marvel at the views from the building's trapezoidal ... the base of the mountain on which Machu Picchu perches. For more information ...

Inca mastery of landscape and environment is epitomised at Machu Picchu, their most famous ruin. Many archaeologists believe Machu Picchu was a summer retreat for the emperor and his family.

Choquequirao is another of the great Incan cities Credit: alamy Much like its sister site, Machu Picchu, it sits high up in the Andes, where you’ll find buildings sprawling across six-kilometres ...

Machu Picchu is the granddaddy of archeological sites. Set in the Andes Mountains, the site was once an estate for the Inca emperor, as well as a place of worship and education. When the Spanish ...