There’s something extraordinary about walking the same streets where ancient philosophers debated, kings and queens ruled, and legendary battles were fought. While modern skyscrapers and high-speed ...

The capital of the Inca Empire for three centuries ... As with all colonial cities in Latin America, the main focal point is the Plaza de Armas, a magnificent square framed by ornate, blinding ...

Inca emperor Atahualpa is shown in a 19th-century ... using the gold to build houses and create businesses in the new cities. Hernando Pizarro was to deliver the quinto real, Emperor Charles ...

The only Inca trail most people have ever heard of ... The weathered trade route still links the crumbling ruins of ancient cities with terraced fields of potatoes sown by modern farmers, who ...

Machu Picchu was only one of many cities, provincial supply centers and seats of government that were connected by one of the most astounding accomplishments of its time, the Inca Road.

The ancient capital is known for its elaborate mud-brick architecture that once formed one of the largest adobe cities in the world ... They were subjugated by the Inca in the late 1400s, several ...