Walking through Machu Picchu, one can't help but marvel at how such a remote and rugged location became a thriving center of ...

Note: Some of the below destinations may be affected by the civil unrest in Peru. Check with ... From there, head to the Temple of the Sun to admire the exquisite Incan masonry and a granite ...

Here’s a cool fact to share with children visiting Machu Picchu in Peru ... Inca times, clinging to the top of an emerald green ridge in the rain forest. A main plaza flanked by stone homes ...

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

When the Spanish conquered Peru ... the urban core, temples and agricultural zones. High above the site is Intipunku (or the Sun Gate), where hikers on the Inca Trail arrive.

The Inca state's domain was unprecedented, its rule resulting in a universal language - a form of Quechua, a religion worshipping the sun, and a 14,000 mile-long road system criss-crossing high ...

The final session in this unit crosses the Atlantic further west to the mountains of Peru where, at the mysterious Machu Picchu, we reconstruct an Inca astronomical Temple of the Sun amidst rock ...

The Inca state's domain was unprecedented, its rule resulting in a universal language - a form of Quechua, a religion worshipping the sun, and a 14,000 mile-long road system criss-crossing high ...