but another lost Inca city had already caught his eye. “Few romances can ever surpass that of the granite citadel” — he later wrote — “of Machu Picchu, the crown of Inca Land.” Mistakenly proclaiming ...

The explorer Hiram Bingham bushwhacked his way down here in 1911, but another lost Inca city had already caught his eye. “Few romances can ever surpass that of the granite citadel” — he later wrote — ...

That’s why Machu Picchu is “one of those places that ... reconstructed and it’s easy to imagine how the city must have looked in Inca times, clinging to the top of an emerald green ridge ...

In 1911, local farmers in Peru led American explorer Hiram Bingham to the ruins of Machu Picchu, an Incan city built high in the Andes Mountains, introducing the outside world to this architectural ...

Sitting at 11,152 feet up in the Andes Mountains is Cusco, the former capital of the Inca empire. The city is one of the ...

(The National Geographic Society helped fund Bingham on excursions to Machu Picchu in 1912 and 1915.) Bingham believed he had found Vilcabamba, the so-called Lost City of the Inca where the last ...

where you will be taken to the Machu Picchu ruins starting with a short bus ride up the steep, zigzagging road to the impressive Lost City of the Inca. This is one of those genuinely magical ...

A remarkable discovery of underground tunnels beneath Cusco’s historic district is offering fresh insights into Inca ...

It's hard to believe this iconic "lost city of the Incas ... and tips for visiting Machu Picchu. According to legend, this plaza once marked the exact center of the Inca Empire, earning Cusco ...

The Incan Temple of the Sun in Cusco has long been a visual and cultural jewel of the ancient empire. But there’s even more ...

It’s one of the world’s seven wonders, but there’s a heap of things that can go wrong when trekking Machu Picchu – and I should know. Five tips to getting that great shot at Machi Picchu.