For centuries, the vanished Inca fortress of Ancocagua existed only in lore. Now, at a mountaintop site in Peru, researchers ...

As you finalize your Peru itinerary, the train to Machu Picchu has become a critical decision point in 2026, with stricter luggage limits (8kg per person) and new seasonal discounts reshaping how ...

Why trains matter: In Peru, trains to Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca blend comfort, culture, and jaw-dropping scenery, turning travel into an experience in itself. Choosing your ride: PeruRail and ...

In the Friday lecture on 22 May, Dave Howcroft will present ‘Vredefort’s Structures - The Unclothed Emperors’. At 284km in ...

It took Peru’s Augusto Zegarra nine years to complete his debut feature documentary ‘Runa Simi’ but less than a year to reap ...

Centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire, a much smaller kingdom on the central coast of Peru already had a sophisticated trade network—one it used to import live parrots across the Andes from the ...

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Often ranked as one of the world's most beautiful treks, the Huayhuash Circuit loops through the Cordillera Blanca, filled with jagged peaks, glacial lakes, and soaring mountain passes. New direct ...

New evidence may resolve a longstanding archaeological puzzle in Peru. A vast line of thousands of holes dug into a ridge in the foothills of the Andes Mountains served as a regional marketplace for ...

A hillside in Peru covered by more than 5000 aligned holes may have been a giant Inca accounting device – a spreadsheet, but on a monumental scale. Tracing across the slopes of Monte Sierpe (Serpent ...

The rhythmic beats of the cajon, voices of Northwestern’s Latin Music Ensemble, stomping of feet and laughter of dancers filled Harris Hall on Wednesday evening as members of the NU community gathered ...