On the morning of July 24, 1911, an enterprising lecturer-explorer from Yale University set off in a cold drizzle to investigate rumors of ancient Inca ruins in Peru. The explorer chopped his way ...

Rising from obscurity in Peru's Cusco Valley during the ... and a new Spanish colonial city rose on their ruins, burying or obliterating the Inca past. In more recent times, civil unrest broke ...

Machu Picchu is not the only ancient city in Peru that is perched on mountains. The Inca and other pre-Columbian cultures built all varieties of forts, farms, cities, and religious temples atop ...

Long before the age of the Inca, the Chuquibamba culture called the mountains and valleys of southern Peru home. The Inca, ...

Machu Picchu, the royal retreat of the Incan emperor Pachacuti, sits atop the Urubamba Valley in Peru ... temples. In 1911, Yale historian Hiram Bingham stumbled upon the "lost city of the Incas." ...

temples, or fortresses. In return, rulers paid their laborers in clothing and food. Silver and gold were abundant, but only used for aesthetics. Inca kings and nobles amassed stupendous riches ...

Note: Some of the below destinations may be affected by the civil unrest in Peru. Check with ... that was abandoned by the Incas after the Spanish conquest. The ruins feature about 200 structures ...

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Earthquake-resistant masonry, sophisticated urban drainage systems and accurate astronomical observations are some of the achievements revealed in the ruins ... Inca Road. On a recent trip to Peru ...