But it is the sense of achievement in reaching the ruins at Machu Picchu after a four day trek that is the top attraction. The recent devastation of Peru caused by heavy rain fall closed the Inca ...

The Yale Peruvian Expedition, of which Professor Bingham is the director, explored much hitherto unknown territory in the Andean region, and found several ruined Inca ... group of ruins is quite ...

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 ...

The royal palaces of Cusco, the Inca capital, fell swiftly to the European conquerors, and a new Spanish colonial city rose on their ruins ... sherds or toppled stone wall he came across.

In fact, the one thing you will never find in an Inca stone wall is a square corner ... the largest block I'm aware of is probably in the ruins of Sacsahuaman near Cuzco and it is reputed to ...

Whether you want to learn about ancient civilisations, political movements or historical dynasties, there are so many places ...

Inca wall, Peru. So, how to explain the sweet potato and superb stonework? It may be that the Polynesians sailed as far as South America in their migratory explorations, and then, some time later ...

This small gold model of a llama is a fitting offering for an Inca mountain god. The Incas revered gold as the sweat of the sun and believed that it represented the sun's regenerative powers.

In fact, this culture predates the Inca culture, which also stood out in astronomy, for more than 1,000 years. Because the ruins of Chankillo attributed to this civilization lie in the coastal ...

Time, as the saying goes, flies. It races ahead of us, fleet of foot and boundless of energy, transforming everything it ...