October 14, 2015 / 7:00 AM CDT / CBS Chicago Located on the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains, nearly 8,000 feet above sea level, Machu Picchu is Peru's most famous archeological treasure.

By Saturday night, Peru’s tourism ministry, MINCETUR, thanked the Tourism Protection Network for coordinating the transport of 418 national and foreign visitors from Machu Picchu’s town to Cusco.

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A team of Peruvian archaeologists has found a new trail leading to the Machu Picchu complex in Cusco, Peru — even if much of the road is still heavily covered by thick vegetation.

"Thank you Minister for Culture Alejandro Neyra for letting me see this." A llama overlooks Machu Picchu, a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Cusco Region of Peru, July 16, 2008.

FILE - The Machu Picchu archeological site is devoid of tourists while it's closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in the department of Cusco, Peru, Oct. 27, 2020. Cusco, the town closest to the Inca ...

October 14, 2015 / 8:00 AM EDT / CBS Philadelphia Located on the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains, nearly 8,000 feet above sea level, Machu Picchu is Peru's most famous archeological treasure.