Peru is a country with a rich, deep-rooted history that stretches back thousands of years. It is home to one of the oldest ...

Machu Picchu's history is as intriguing as its breathtaking scenery. Built in the 15th century under the reign of the Inca ...

The findings, published in the journal Science Advances, suggest that the servants who lived, worked, and died at Machu Picchu were a diverse community representing many different ancestral ...

Machu Picchu stands 2,430 m above sea-level, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest, in an extraordinarily beautiful setting. It was probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire at ...

“Our analyses show that the population at Machu Picchu was highly heterogeneous, with individuals exhibiting genetic ancestries associated with groups from regions throughout the Inca Empire ...

In the study, the team compared the DNA of 34 individuals buried at Machu Picchu over 500 years ago with DNA of other people from around the Inca Empire, as well as some modern genomes from South ...

In part 2 of this 4-part series, the Inca Empire was the largest in the world at its peak. Lasting just one century from the mid-15th century, it stretched across the South American continent from ...

As with Machu Picchu, Choquequirao shows the progression ... and the role it played during the Inca Empire. First, there’s a foundation myth holding that Manco Inca, the 15th-century Inca ...

The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu will be closed from February 1 ... and appreciate the cultural heritage of the ancient Inca Empire. The trail spans 43 kilometers and is traversed in four days ...