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

DNA analysis, conducted largely at UC Santa Cruz's Paleogenomics Lab and led by Anthropology Professor Lars Fehren-Schmitz, suggests that servants at Machu Picchu were a uniquely diverse group, and ...

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 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 ...

Exploring the peaceful upper reaches, fragrant with muña, an Andean mint, we spot the luxurious tourist train to Machu Picchu, a thread of gold and blue in the valley below.

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 ...

In the final part, the conquistadors arrival marked the beginning of the Inca's end.

The powerful magnetism that <a href=" "target="_blank">Machu Picchu exerts on travelers from around the world is evident not only in the exponential demand for tickets to enter the Inca citadel, but ...

In recent years, Peru has engaged in a grass-roots effort to elevate Huchuy Qosqo, Waqrapukara and other archaeological sites that are just as well preserved or culturally significant as Machu ...