A Glimpse into History Machu Picchu's history is as intriguing as its breathtaking scenery. Built in the 15th century under ...

Machu Picchu stands 2,430 m above sea-level, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest, in an extraordinarily beautiful setting. It was probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire at ...

Scholars believe Machu Picchu was a royal estate connected to the lineage of Pachacuti, the emperor credited with establishing the Inca Empire. Royals visited Machu Picchu seasonally, but a community ...

Servants at Machu Picchu Came From Distant Corners of the Inca Empire The city’s servant class was a genetically diverse community, according to a new study of ancient DNA ...

Machu Picchu: The Fall of the Inca Empire. Dan Snow’s History Hit. The Spanish conquistadors arrived in Peru in 1526 in a bloody pursuit of gold and riches; ...

Machu Picchu is one of the world’s most recognised and admired archaeological sites, and every tourist to Peru wants to visit and appreciate the important role it played in the mighty Inca ...

In the study, the team compared the DNA of 34 individuals buried at Machu Picchu over 500 years ago with DNA of other people from around the Inca Empire, as well as some modern genomes from South ...

His ancestor, Mansio Serra de Leguizamón, was a conquistador and one of the first Europeans to set foot in the Inca empire, which once stretched from Colombia to Chile.