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 ...

As the only rail line to Machu Picchu, the ancient Inca imperial city that is one of the world's representative human heritage sites beyond Peru, was blocked by violent protests, concerns are growing ...

A head‑on collision between two trains near Peru’s Machu Picchu on Tuesday killed at least one person and injured dozens of ...

Nestled atop a mountain ridge in Peru, the 15th-century Inca city of Machu Picchu had sat largely forgotten for centuries—until archaeologist Hiram Bingham began excavations of the ruins a hundred ...

The ancient Inca wonder of Machu Picchu, perched 8,000 feet above sea level on a ridge in the Peruvian Andes, was a royal estate for the legendary warrior Pachacuti, who was largely responsible for ...

Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca site located on a ridge between the Huayna Picchu and Machu Picchu mountains in Peru. It sits at an elevation of 7,970 feet (2,430 meters) above sea level on the ...