Just like the clouds that part over Peru’s eastern Andean slopes to reveal the astonishing ruins of Machu Picchu, a new exhibit at the Field Museum reveals insights on the once mystical 15th Century ...

Hidden away for centuries in the mountainous cloud forests of Peru, the well-preserved Incan ruins of Machu Picchu are a must for any traveler’s bucket list. Though the site’s origins remain ...

Machu Picchu is the granddaddy of archeological sites. Set in the Andes Mountains, the site was once an estate for the Inca emperor, as well as a place of worship and education. When the Spanish ...

Each year, about 1.5 million people visit Machu Picchu, the ancient Peruvian citadel full of impressive architecture and jaw-dropping views. But getting to Machu Picchu requires lots of pre-trip ...

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It's hard to describe the experience of visiting Machu Picchu. People who've visited like to call it "breathtaking." While cliché, it's not inaccurate. How often are you standing on an Andean peak, ...

One hundred years after it was discovered, some architectural treasures are still overlooked. On 24 July, 1911, Hiram Bingham III, a young history lecturer from Yale University, climbed a steep slope ...

Machu Picchu stands 2,430 m above sea-level, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest, in an extraordinarily beautiful setting. It was probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire at ...

Reason: Machu Picchu is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world. Machu Picchu is tangible evidence of the urban Inca Empire at the peak of its power and achievement—a citadel of ...

On the morning of July 24, 1911, an enterprising lecturer-explorer from Yale University set off in a cold drizzle to investigate rumors of ancient Inca ruins in Peru. The explorer chopped his way ...