In 1911, local farmers in Peru led American explorer Hiram Bingham to the ruins of Machu Picchu, an Incan city built high in the Andes Mountains, introducing the outside world to this architectural ...

(The National Geographic Society helped fund Bingham on excursions to Machu Picchu in 1912 and 1915.) Bingham believed he had found Vilcabamba, the so-called Lost City of the Inca where the last ...

The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu will be closed from February 1 to February 28 for maintenance and conservation work on cultural heritage and the ecosystem. The Decentralized Directorate of Culture ...

where you will be taken to the Machu Picchu ruins starting with a short bus ride up the steep, zigzagging road to the impressive Lost City of the Inca. This is one of those genuinely magical ...

but another lost Inca city had already caught his eye. “Few romances can ever surpass that of the granite citadel” — he later wrote — “of Machu Picchu, the crown of Inca Land.” Mistakenly proclaiming ...

The Incan Temple of the Sun in Cusco has long been a visual and cultural jewel of the ancient empire. But there’s even more ...

The explorer Hiram Bingham bushwhacked his way down here in 1911, but another lost Inca city had already caught his eye. “Few romances can ever surpass that of the granite citadel” — he later wrote — ...

A remarkable discovery of underground tunnels beneath Cusco’s historic district is offering fresh insights into Inca ...

with many basing themselves in the city before beginning their journey to one of the seven wonders of the world - Machu Picchu. (AFP via Getty Images) Under Inca rule, Cusco was developed into a ...

It was during this century of expansion that the Inca built Machu Picchu, the famed “lost city” perched on a mountaintop 50 miles from Cusco. In the mid- to late-16th century, the Inca empire ...