In the hot Bolivian lowland hills that stretch toward the Amazon rainforest, indigenous peoples began to carve a giant red-hued rock... Read More
November 12 marked the end of a years-long dispute when Yale University returned the last of thousands of Machu Picchu artifacts to Peru... Read More
Machu Picchu draws tens of thousands of tourists to Andean Peru each year to marvel at the skill of the Inca who built the city and the natural beauty of the mountains that surroun... Read More
Gale Courey Toensing
March 03, 2011
After a century of exile in the United States—and decades of wrangling—human remains from the famed citadel of Machu Picchu will be repatriated to Peru, along with thousands of art... Read More
Our crack reporter down in Bolivia took these stunning photos of her trek along the Salkantay Trail in Peru. Enjoy! Read More
Before the Spanish arrived in Peru in the 16th century, the Incas didn't use horses, nor did they use the wheel for transportation, so the Inca trail was almost exclusively populat... Read More