Machu Picchu is formed of buildings, plazas, and platforms connected by narrow lanes or paths. One sector is cordoned off to itself by walls, ditches, and, perhaps, a moat—built, writes ...

Reporters and tourists arrived for the ceremony on Sunday morning after a 90-minute trip from the Incan village of Ollantaytambo. "Today, Machu Picchu reopens," Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister ...

Apparently the blaze occurred in the kilometer 93 of the rail way which links the city of Cuzco with Quillabamba, ten kilometres from the Machu Picchu village leading to the ruins of the sacred ...

Machu Picchu is one of those tourist destinations ... guests back to what would be considered a traditional Inca village. The ...

After four days of trekking the Inca Trail, I had just reached a pass where I had my first view of Machu Picchu. I thought I knew what to expect, but Machu Picchu is one of the few places in the ...

Inca mastery of landscape and environment is epitomised at Machu Picchu, their most famous ruin. Many archaeologists believe Machu Picchu was a summer retreat for the emperor and his family.

Peruvian authorities said Tuesday they have tightened security at the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu after tourists there were filmed dispersing what were believed to be human ashes. Last week ...

BEYOND MACHU PICCHU, THE SACRED VALLEY OVERFLOWS WITH HISTORY. THERE’S THE FORTRESS AT OLLANTAYTAMBO, AN ANCIENT VILLAGE THAT’S STILL BUSTLING TODAY. ABOUT AN HOUR FROM THERE, YOU’LL FIND ...