2004-05-16 04:00:00 PDT Cuzco , Peru-- It was just a sparkle on the horizon, where the sun hit what appeared to be a flat plain on an otherwise steep, untamed mountain in the Peruvian Andes. But Peter ...

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 ...

A Japanese tourist who has had a ticket to visit the world heritage site Machu Picchu in Peru since March finally got to visit the Inca citadel ruins on Saturday. Jesse Takayama got in after he put in ...

LIMA, Peru – From her small home near two golf courses and three slums, Gianina Rojas gazes up at a crumbling adobe pyramid, remnants of the vast Inca empire that flourished more than six centuries ...

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 ...

Soar over the ancient ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. This impressive drone footage ...

Lima: A team of archaeologists 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 which may ...

Caral, Peru - On a scarp overlooking a lush valley carved through Peru's dusty Andean foothills, archeologists have unearthed what they believe is the oldest city in the Americas - the sacred ruins of ...

According to an Associated Press story: LIMA, Peru -- Archaeologists say they've discovered the ruins of what is believed to be Peru's oldest Roman Catholic church. The church outside the northern ...

LIMA, Peru — Visitors are increasingly vandalizing the ruins of Peru’s famed Sacsayhuaman fortress, leaving behind what authorities say is an unusual accumulation of graffiti from the likes of soccer ...

From her small home near two golf courses and three slums, Gianina Rojas gazes up at a crumbling adobe pyramid, remnants of the vast Inca empire that flourished more than six centuries ago. Like many ...

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