Hidden underground tunnel system built by Incas found beneath Cusco - Tunnels mentioned historical accounts in in the sixteenth century ...

Archaeologists in Peru have confirmed the existence of a mile-long underground tunnel network beneath the historic city of Cusco, ending centuries of speculation about the ancient Inca passageways.

A team of archaeologists has discovered an ancient labyrinthine system of tunnels ... which reaches from Cusco’s Temple of the Sun towards a citadel on the city’s outskirts known as Sacsayhuamán.

Archaeologists Jorge Calero Flores and Mildred Fernández Palomino led the research team that confirmed the existence of this ancient network. "We have analyzed documents from the 16th and 17th ...

According to the Association of Archaeologists of Peru, the “chincana” - meaning labyrinth in Quechua- connect the city’s Temple of the Sun to the ancient Sacsayhuaman fortress ...