Peru’s history dates back over 5,000 years, making it an intoxicating and addictive destination for history enthusiasts.

He did, however, acknowledge Lizárraga and others in passing his 1922 book, Inca Land: Explorations in the Highlands of Peru. Most people reach Machu Picchu by way of Aguas Calientes, the closest ...

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 ...

Atahualpa was an Inca king who, after warring with his half-brother, Huáscar, for control of the empire, was captured at his palace in Cajamarca in modern-day Peru by Spanish commander Francisco ...

At over 6,000 metres, Mt Ampato is one of the highest mountains in Peru, and a place were the Inca used in one of their most dramatic and powerful religious ceremonies: human sacrifice.

Many bundles were topped with a sort of false head, decorated with eyes that stared out into the darkness of the tomb. Perhaps the most remarkable Incan mummies have been those found on high ...

His hair is plaited in more than 200 braids, and miniature idols and keepsakes accompany him in his frozen tomb ... Peru. All of the sites are located in the region of the two southernmost Inca ...