There is a wall in Cusco that tourists queue to photograph because of one stone in it, which has twelve angles and fits its neighbours on every one of them. The photograph does not really convey the ...

This Peruvian city was discovered over 100 years ago, but archaeologists are still trying to solve the mystery of its purpose ...

Known for their impressive fortifications, terraces, and royal residences—including Machu Picchu—the Inca Empire dominated the Urubamba River Basin in the 15th century until its untimely demise.

Cusco became the capital of the Inca Empire under Pachacuti in the fifteenth century, and the city’s later colonial phase left a very different layer on the same urban ground. That double history is ...