A Glimpse into History Machu Picchu's history is as intriguing as its breathtaking scenery. Built in the 15th century under ...

Buried alongside the mummies are statuettes, carvings, and castings made from gold, silver, wood, and spondyllus, a spiny oyster shell from the coast of Ecuador that was highly prized by the Inca.

carved to fit together with no spaces. The wall is emblematic of the advanced engineering performed by the Inca 500 years ago, and similar, smaller angles can be found in walls and buildings ...

Cusco Ministry of Culture An intoxicated man in Cusco, Peru, has defaced a historic Inca artifact known as the 12-angled stone. The carved rock is a piece of a wall that once surrounded a historic ...

The original sculpture (now lost) from the sanctuary in Guápulo carved by the Spanish artist ... Indigenous devotees as a representation of the Inca goddess Pachamama or Mother Earth, an ...