One thing is certain, says Bauer, archaeological evidence makes it clear that the Inca weren't the only people to live at Machu Picchu. The evidence shows, for instance, varying kinds of head ...

Literally "old mountain" in Quechua, Peru's dominant indigenous language ... evidence indicates that no more than 750 people lived in Machu Picchu at its peak, most of them essentially support ...

The more you observe and see, the more you wonder about it. How did these people do this? And to what purpose?” Machu Picchu was built on two fault lines so it is no stranger to earthquakes.

Angkor Wat has pickpocketing monkeys, but Macchu Picchu has lovable llamas and a bevy of beautiful native fauna including the ...

It's believed that between 300 and 1,000 people inhabited the city and the area was devoted to the worship of the sun god. Where is Machu Picchu? Machu Picchu is located in the Peruvian Andes ...

Machu Picchu was the perfect destination for ... Here we met some of the country's Indigenous Quechua people dressed in colorful clothing and chullo hats as they sold trinkets or offered up ...

The Machu Picchu Management Unit (UGM) agreed to increase the capacity to enter the Llaqta (citadel) of Machu Picchu to 5,044 people per day ... Young Mountain in native language) welcomed ...

Machu Picchu is the granddaddy of archeological sites. Set in the Andes Mountains, the site was once an estate for the Inca emperor, as well as a place of worship and education. When the Spanish ...

Besides, he adds, Bingham "never claimed to have been the first modern person to have set foot in Machu Picchu." In Peru, some people have called Bingham the "scientific discoverer of Machu Picchu ...