He uncovered a few Inca-carved stone walls and bridges but dismissed the ruins and ultimately focused on Machu Picchu. Savoy uncovered much of the rest. So what then was this city that Bingham had ...

The Bureau, however, expresses very serious concern over the accident that damaged one of the most important monuments at Machu Picchu, the Intihuatana or stone sundial. The Bureau requests the ...

After four days of trekking the Inca Trail, I had just reached a pass where I had my first view of Machu Picchu. I thought ... Misty conditions wrap the stone engineering in a soft cloak of ...

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 ...

Inca mastery of landscape and environment is epitomised at Machu Picchu, their most famous ruin ... When the landscape proved too inhospitable for stone, they used straw, constructing beautiful ...

Peru has closed its famous tourist site Machu Picchu indefinitely over the ongoing ... roads were blocked and police fired tear gas at stone-throwing demonstrators in the capital, Lima.

I still remember the moment, 10 years ago now, that I watched dawn break at Machu Picchu, before a morning spent exploring this Peruvian wonder, up the huge stone terraces, between the walls of ...

I still remember the moment, 10 years ago now, that I watched dawn break at Machu Picchu, before a morning spent exploring this Peruvian wonder, up the huge stone terraces, between the walls of ...