A new airport that would slash transit times to Machu Picchu has long been in the pipeline. View on euronews ...

The project could slash travel times to Machu Picchu but increase visitor numbers by up to 200 percent.

Throughout February, the Inca Trail to <a href=" Picchu—located in Cusco region and considered one of the world's premier trekking routes—will be closed to tourism as part of comprehensive maintenance ...

The Inca Trail to the <a href=" Picchu citadel will close to tourists briefly on Saturday, January 31, and reopen on March 1 for scheduled maintenance and conservation works, the Machu Picchu ...

As the T20 World Cup gathers momentum, tourists heading to Sri Lanka for their love of cricket can also explore these must visit places that reside in the teardrop island.

A collision involving two tourist trains en route to Peru’s iconic Machu Picchu archaeological site on Tuesday has resulted in at least one fatality and approximately 30 injuries. The deceased has ...

In a BBC archive clip, archaeologist Howard Carter describes the moment on 12 February 1924 when he and his team became the first people in 3,300 years to meet the Egyptian boy king.

In the morning light, before they even set a spade to the Earth, the archaeologists gathered on what was once a fortified ...

Nestled on a mountain ridge in the Urubamba Valley, Machu Picchu was built as a palace that was part of a larger royal estate belonging to the Inca emperor Pachacuti (reigned ca. 1420–1472). A team of ...

There are several ancient monuments proving that our predecessors possessed knowledge of astronomy and used it for practical purposes.

With new technology, smarter tools, and a lot of patient digging, historians and archaeologists are uncovering marvels from every corner of the world. One day it’s an enormous thigh bone from a ...

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