NOVA: What was your first impression of Machu Picchu? Ken Wright: When I arrived in 1994, my first visit ever, I was blown away by the view of Machu Picchu itself and also by the surrounding ...

Peru is home to some of the most extraordinary landscapes, historic ruins, and natural wonders on earth. From the ...

Peru’s Sacred Valley of the Incas stretches between Cusco, once the capital of the Inca Empire, and the legendary 15th-century city of Machu Picchu. Encompassing what was the fertile homeland of ...

High up in the misty Andes mountains of Peru lies a place that feels like it was plucked from a dream — stone walls, ancient ...

The terraces of the Inca architecture that can be seen at Machu Picchu and Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley outside of Cusco, along with numerous other sites, created micro climates for the ...

The empire of the Incas was conquered by Spain in the 16th century and destroyed. As mentioned above, the Spanish conquerors did not know of Machu Picchu. Today it is known as the forgotten city.

CUSCO, PERU—The Andina News Agency reports that traces of buildings, an aqueduct, walls, and agricultural terraces built by the Inca have been found near the city of Cusco, at C ...

Your report on the “Inca terraces” proposed for the Royal High School development (3 September) wrongly states that the building “has been empty since 1968”.

Encompassing what was the fertile homeland of the Inca Empire, the transcendent region – often overlooked en route to Machu Picchu – is steeped in Andean history and culture. Peru’s Sacred ...