With suspension bridges and ramrod-straight roads laid out by ancient surveyors, the road functions as a kind of map ... Cuzco and Urubamba—that were the heart of the Inca empire.

"The riches that were gathered in the city of Cuzco alone, as capital and court of the Empire, were incredible," says an early account of Inca culture written 300 years ago by Jesuit priest Father ...

It’s long been rumored that a network of old, underground tunnels lies beneath Cusco, Peru ... empire controlled some 12 ...

Our own journey began at Cuzco, one of the highest cities in the world and the Inca Empire’s former capital. We traveled from there to Machu Picchu and then to Ollantaytambo, a central ...

No further reporting to the World Heritage Committee was required at the time. Cuzco’s rich cultural heritage rooted in the Inca Empire and the Viceroyalty period of Peru is embodied in sites across ...

"The riches that were gathered in the city of Cuzco alone, as capital and court of the Empire, were incredible," says an early account of Inca culture written 300 years ago by Jesuit priest Father ...