Thinking of hiking Peru’s famed Inca Trail? Here’s what to know about Machu Picchu’s recent protests, and why it could lose ...

Peru’s famous Inca city of Machu Picchu, perched high in the Andes Mountains, is possibly several decades older than experts previously thought. New evidence published in the journal Antiquity found ...

Researchers say the city may have originally been called just "Picchu" or "Huayna Picchu." Nonetheless, it's not likely that the city will see a change in its name. What the world has come to know as ...

Pilgrims traveling to Machu Picchu in the 15th century were greeted by Chachabamba, a ceremonial water complex that was designed to demonstrate the power of the Inca peoples. Now researchers have used ...

More than 110 years after Hiram Bingham's first visit to the site, researchers reviewed Bingham's original field notes, early 20th century maps of the region, and centuries-old land documents from ...

LIMA, PERU—According to a statement released by the University of Illinois Chicago, historian Donato Amado Gonzales of Peru’s Ministry of Culture and archaeologist Brian S. Bauer of the University of ...

But while scenes of natural beauty often feel like a given on a hike, there are some trails that also offer views of awe-inspiring archaeological sites-from caves adorned with prehistoric art to the ...

It takes a tough, three to four-day trek along the cliffside to reach Choquequirao - Moment RF Although the Inca Empire reigned across the Americas for just one century, its greatest legacy, Machu ...

Analysis of historical documents showed no evidence of the site being called Machu Picchu until 1911. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 A new study suggests that scholars and the ...

There was no doubt in Hiram Bingham’s mind that he had stumbled onto something mystical in the summer of 1911, when he discovered the dazzling Incan settlement now known as Machu Picchu. He was ...

Protests by residents left hundreds of tourists stranded at Peru's famous Machu Picchu. Here's what travelers should know.

Although the Inca Empire reigned across the Americas for just one century, its greatest legacy, Machu Picchu, has intrigued visitors for hundreds of years. But while this abandoned Andean city is ...