The Kuelap fortress has suffered great irreparable ... Kuelap and its importance for Peru and the world Kuelap is a monument before the Inca Empire. Considering its monumental character, there ...

On the morning of July 24, 1911, an enterprising lecturer-explorer from Yale University set off in a cold drizzle to investigate rumors of ancient Inca ruins in Peru. The explorer chopped his way ...

Peru has closed its famous tourist site Machu Picchu indefinitely over the ongoing protests against the country's new president. The government said it closed the site, and the Inca trail hike ...

Peru’s history has been turbulent since the time of the conquistadores, the Spanish soldiers who subdued the Inca empire. From the late 16th century, when Peru was the center of the Inquisition ...

Here’s a cool fact to share with children visiting Machu Picchu in Peru—the place probably would ... the location of the “Lost City of the Incas” and raise money for his expedition ...

These high mountain sanctuaries dot the Andes from central Chile to southern Peru. All of the sites are located in the region of the two southernmost Inca quarters, or "suyus," but only a few of ...

Nestled in the northeastern Andes, this 11th century fortress stands as a pre-Incan marvel at ... Contemplating the Nazca Lines, one of Peru's paramount archaeological sites, raises thought-provoking ...