No trip to Peru is complete without exploring the Inca ruins that surround Cusco, but many travelers rush straight to Machu ...

A valley between Leymebamba and Chachapoyas. Over the past few decades, Peru has been trying to weightily designate a number of its archaeological sites as “the next Machu Picchu,” after the famed ...

Q We're traveling to Peru in March and plan on spending a week or so hiking the Inca Trail and seeing Machu Picchu. Any suggestions on what to do the second week? Rebecca Mischel Washington A Peru is ...

Thinking of hiking Peru’s famed Inca Trail? Here’s what to know about Machu Picchu’s recent protests, and why it could lose ...

LIMA, Peru — Although the top tourist destination in Peru is the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, high in the Andes Mountains, the capital Lima also holds a treasure trove of ancient ruins — so ...

Deep below the ruins of Chavin de Huantar, archaeologists uncovered a network of hidden tunnels sealed for thousands of years. The find offers fresh clues into the power and mystery of one of South Am ...

LIMA (Reuters) - A team of archeologists have discovered the ruins of what appears to be a 4,000-year-old ceremonial temple buried in a sand dune of northern Peru, alongside skeletal human remains ...

Archaeologists discovered a first-of-its-kind structure dating to about 1,000 years ago in Peru. The Autonomous University of Barcelona Archaeologists in Peru recently unearthed the ruins of a ...

"Everywhere you dig, you will find something — because Lima was home to great civilizations," says a museum director in the capital. "But it's... LIMA, Peru — Although the top tourist destination in ...

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