Exploring the ancient mystery of Machu Picchu About 50 miles northwest of Cusco, Peru, the ancient ruins of Machu Picchu sit on a mountain ridge 7,875 feet above sea level as the site of "The Lost ...

The ruins of Machu Picchu often are called the “lost city of the Incas,” and are a familiar icon of Peru’s Cusco Region. In her second novel, Hilary Davidson delivers an exhilarating view of Machu ...

Machu Picchu, the 600-year-old Incan citadel in modern-day Peru, is notoriously hard to get to. Built on a narrow ridge in the Andes Mountains, this UNESCO world heritage site is still difficult to ...

A new analysis of historical documents reveals that the ancient Incan city, popularly known as “Machu Picchu”, was likely actually called “Picchu” or “Huayna Picchu”. The ancient city is one of the ...

Tied to a Yale-sponsored exhibition of Incan artifacts now traveling to several museums in America, this illustrated volume sheds new light on Machu Picchu, the mysterious Peruvian ruins that were ...

Dramatically perched on an Andes mountain ridge some 8,000 feet above sea level in Peru, Machu Picchu is a visual wonder and a technical masterpiece. "It is breathtaking," said Brenda Bradley, an ...

We take you on a journey to Peru's famed Inca citadel, Machu Picchu. Perched at an altitude of 2,430 metres, this UNESCO World Heritage site still holds many secrets. Some of them were recently ...

Much like the dense forest cloud that envelops Machu Picchu on our early September visit, the citadel and its history remain largely shrouded in mystery. The Inca had no system of writing and left no ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Sunshine Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. One of the New Seven Wonders of the World, the citadel was never found by Spanish conquistadors who ...

On this day in history, I’m taking you back to July 24, 1911, when explorer Hiram Bingham discovered the lost Inca city of Machu Picchu. In this video, I share fascinating facts about the site’s odd ...

Introduction / Richard L. Burger and Lucy C. Salazar -- The discovery of Machu Picchu / Hiram Bingham III -- Machu Picchu : mysterious royal estate in the cloud forest / Lucy C. Salazar -- The nature ...

Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Incan fortified city which can be found today in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru. It sits in the Cusco Region above the Sacred Valley in between two known ...