Machu Picchu was home to ancient people from all over South America. New DNA analysis reveals that people from as far as Amazonia once lived and worked in the Inca royal estate.

When Hallmark asks, Rhiannon Fish is ready to break out her passport and head out on another adventure. The actress stars in ...

Terri Cook and Lon AbbottThese stones, as seen in Ollantaytambo, Peru, fit so perfectly together that the gaps in between are ...

DNA from the samples was then compared with that of modern people across South and Central America and ancient people across South America. This allowed the team to identify the most likely ancestry ...

Machu Picchu is nearly surrounded by the Urubamba River, which is revered by people in the region still today. The mountains that cradle the site also are important sacred landforms.

Roughly 750 people lived at Machu Picchu — including the emperor, other members of Incan royalty, guests and permanent servants — during the peak season between May and October, according to ...

Nestled atop a mountain ridge in Peru, the 15th-century Inca city of Machu Picchu had sat largely forgotten for centuries—until archaeologist Hiram Bingham began excavations of the ruins a ...

Even from Ollantaytambo, endearingly shortened to Ollantay by locals, the journey to Machu Picchu, considered the crown of the Sacred Valley and Peru’s number one tourist attraction, is long.

The people of Machu Picchu, Peru, a town some 20 minutes from the 15th-century Inca ruins, say the government in Lima has long ignored them. They march through town on Tuesday to demand the ...

The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu reopened to tourists on Wednesday, February 15, after entry was temporarily suspended in December and January amid social unrest in Peru.