He uncovered a few Inca-carved stone walls and bridges but dismissed the ruins and ultimately focused on Machu Picchu. Savoy uncovered much of the rest. So what then was this city that Bingham had ...

Did you know that Machu Picchu was once home to around 750 people? It was constructed between 1438 and 1470 by Emperor Pachacutec. This historic site is rich in culture, attracting both scholars and ...

After four days of trekking the Inca Trail, I had just reached a pass where I had my first view of Machu Picchu. I thought ... Misty conditions wrap the stone engineering in a soft cloak of ...

a 20-minute walk from Machu Picchu's entrance. From there, head to the Temple of the Sun to admire the exquisite Incan masonry and a granite stone that may have served as the Inca's calendar.

Inca mastery of landscape and environment is epitomised at Machu Picchu, their most famous ruin ... When the landscape proved too inhospitable for stone, they used straw, constructing beautiful ...

Peru has closed its famous tourist site Machu Picchu indefinitely over the ongoing ... roads were blocked and police fired tear gas at stone-throwing demonstrators in the capital, Lima.

Peru has opened the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu for a single Japanese tourist who had waited almost seven months to visit the world heritage site. Jesse Katayama was due to visit Machu Picchu in ...