Members of an expedition led by Lucho Tayori, a member of the indigenous tribe known as the Harakmbut, search for Incan ruins deep in the heart of the Peruvian amazon. Deep in the Peruvian Amazon sits ...

A century after American adventurer and tomb-looter Hiram Bingham came across Machu Picchu hidden deep in the Andes, thousands of visitors come daily to ponder its mysteries and marvel at Inca ...

For centuries, the vanished Inca fortress of Ancocagua existed only in lore. Now, at a mountaintop site in Peru, researchers ...

Four locations of Sacsayhuaman, Q’engo, Puka-Pukara, and Tambomachay are all within 5-10 kms of Cuzco. These sites are less known to tourists focused on the city of Cuzco itself. All of the sites are ...

A weaver in Ollantaytambo, Peru. Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. In the Andes of Peru, tucked ...

The Inca Trail is approximately 26 miles long and leads to one of the most iconic sites in the world: Machu Picchu. Millions of people trek to the 15th-century Citadel to see a well-preserved Incan ...

In 1536, Spaniards drove the Incas from Cuzco, sending rebel chieftain Manco Capac and thousands of his soldiers fleeing northeastward toward Machu Picchu into the vast wilderness of Vilcabamba. There ...

Hidden away for centuries in the mountainous cloud forests of Peru, the well-preserved Incan ruins of Machu Picchu are a must for any traveler’s bucket list. Though the site’s origins remain ...

Ruins of an ancient Incan site in present-day Argentina, sit beneath snow-capped Andean mountains, along highway 7, about an hour from the Chilean border, in October 2024. Photo by Michael Fox In the ...

Peru's Machu Picchu is more than 600 years old and yet, experts continue to learn new things about the iconic archaeological site. Last year, researchers discovered the ancient Incan city is at least ...