The Incas—a civilization that ruled over vast swathes of South America's Andean region in the 15th and 16th centuries—intentionally built Machu Picchu, and other cites, in a location where tectonic ...

Machu Picchu is often presented as a single Inca masterpiece, but the architecture tells a more complicated story. Across the terraces and retaining walls, there are signs of massive older foundations ...

Yale Professor Hiram Bingham was on an expedition up the Urubamba River, west of Cusco, Peru, in search of Vitcos, the “lost capital” of the Incas. It was here that the remnants of the once-vast Inca ...

Imagine if, within a few hundred yards of an airport control tower, you saw landscaped terraces created by the Incas—and just after takeoff, your plane passed right over Ollantaytambo, one of the most ...

Researchers at the UC Santa Cruz Paleogenomics Lab helped conduct the first investigation of genomic diversity among people buried at Machu Picchu, the renowned 15th century Inca palace in southern ...

Adelaide University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Standing atop the mountains in the southern highlands of Peru is the 15th-century marvel of the Inca empire, Machu Picchu.

“Machu Pichu and the Golden Empires of Peru” is a rare exhibition kicking off its world tour here in South Florida on Oct. 16 at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. The exhibition was announced Tuesday at ...

The Inca city in Peru is one of the most recognizable historical sites in the world. Built in the mid-15th century, it served as a royal estate for the rulers of the Inca Empire before the arrival of ...

WHY IT RATES: Machu Picchu is one of the world's most popular historical travel destinations, and travel agents have a new way to help clients see the ancient site..-Donald Wood, Breaking News Senior ...