And three centuries earlier, in 1565, Diego Rodriguez de Figueroa mentioned that there used to be a bridge ... Machu Picchu. Others think it was a pilgrimage site to honor the founding of the Inca ...

The explorer chopped his way through thick jungle, crawled across a "bridge" of slender ... a defensive stronghold, Machu Picchu was a retreat built by and for the Inca ruler Pachacuti.

“Maintaining the bridge maintains their culture ... even as they sought and tore apart every possible repository of Inca treasures. Machu Picchu’s brooding splendor—untouched by the ...

Inca mastery of landscape and environment is epitomised at Machu Picchu, their most famous ruin ... constructing beautiful bridges like the Keshwa Chaca bridge – which is still in use today.

But the Inca, whose great era of imperial expansion ... the Incan capital. The structures at Machu Picchu are the best-known of the Incan triumphs, but there is so much more.

Machu Picchu is the granddaddy of archeological sites. Set in the Andes Mountains, the site was once an estate for the Inca emperor, as well as a place of worship and education. When the Spanish ...

Here’s a cool fact to share with children visiting Machu Picchu in Peru—the place probably ... it’s more than you imagined. The Inca were the end result of 5,000 years of civilization ...

Winding through Peru's verdant landscape toward Machu Picchu, this famous four-day hike is not for the faint of heart. That said, recent travelers say the laborious trek pays off with gorgeous ...