Still, Bingham’s work at Machu Picchu did reintroduce the larger world ... temples designed to align with the movements of the sun, a royal tomb, a guard tower, thousands of stone steps, and ...

a royal estate, an astronomical observatory? And nobody can say with any certainty what became of its original inhabitants. That’s why Machu Picchu is “one of those places that overdelivers ...

Machu Picchu is formed of buildings, plazas, and platforms connected by narrow lanes or paths. One sector is cordoned off to itself by walls, ditches, and, perhaps, a moat—built, writes ...

the water irrigation system and the Royal Mausoleum. There is an additional fee to visit the mountains of Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu, which surround the old city, should you want to hike ...