And remake the world they did. Rising from obscurity in Peru's Cusco Valley during the 13th century, a royal Inca dynasty charmed, bribed, intimidated, or conquered its rivals to create the ...

For the Incas, certain objects and places in nature (or crafted by humans) are huacas – sacred stuff. What does this concept ...

Peru’s mountaintop icon has long been a poster child for overtourism, and despite recent measures to limit visitation, travelers still have to deal with, well, other travelers at this sacred space.

Among the Inca, some of the most important huacas in the empire were located along the ceque system, a series of ritual pathways radiating outward from the capital city of Cusco. Cusco was considered ...

Cristóbal de Molina, a Spanish priest who lived in Cusco around 1565 and observed Inca traditions, described how the Inca burned leaves and blew coca fumes toward the sun—their main deity—and ...

Cusco is the historic heartland and former capital of the Inca Empire. The city itself is ... held up by reciprocity and redistribution, or a map of underground water supplies.

According to legend, this plaza once marked the exact center of the Inca Empire, earning Cusco the nickname "the navel of the world." After Spanish conquistadors conquered the city in the early ...

The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu ... is restored,” said a statement issued by the Directorate of Culture of Cusco. The surprise measure came just six weeks after the tourist hotspot reopened ...

Night - Partly cloudy with a 29% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 4 to 7 mph (6.4 to 11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 45 °F (7.2 °C). Mostly cloudy with a high of 69 °F (20.6 °C ...

Located next to Sacsayhuamán, the Cusco Planetarium offers travelers a unique experience in the hills surrounding the city. While it may not be much to look at (the small planetarium is housed in ...

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