In 1972, an airliner carrying an Uruguayan rugby team crashed in the Andes. Survivors cannibalized the dead to stay alive in ...

Peru's Machu Picchu is more than 600 years old and yet, experts continue to learn new things about the iconic archaeological site. Last year, researchers discovered the ancient Incan city is at least ...

Analysis of historical documents showed no evidence of the site being called Machu Picchu until 1911. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 A new study suggests that scholars and the ...

For thousands of years, a visit to Machu Picchu has been just as much about the journey as the destination. That’s part of the reason going with a tour company can be so powerful—it’s the chance to ...

If you had plans to visit Machu Picchu in Peru any time soon, you may not get that opportunity in light of recent events. Violent political clashes have endangered the safety of locals and tourists in ...