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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

View of Machu Picchu, a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District, Peru. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Granthon/Fotoholica Press/LightRocket via Getty ...

The Peruvian town of Huaytará is home to a 15th-century Inca building that’s unusually simple for the civilization, which is known for its intricate architecture, like the structures seen across Machu ...

SALKANTAY PASS, Peru – Our hiking group had reached the highest point of our trek through the Andes to Machu Picchu. Now our guide was leading us in a Quechua ritual. We took turns placing stones in ...

This new train consists of six carriages and offers a stand-out observation deck with a bar and outdoor viewing platform as they ride through the Andes and otherwise inaccessible terrain. Passengers ...

Only an hour into a one-day trek on the Inca Trail and I’m already doubting myself. The 12 kilometres to Machu Picchu started out flat but I’ve been climbing what feels like an endless set of stairs ...