Local legends among the Aymara people, who called the formation the “Devil’s Doorway,” warn that the gate is not to be entered lightly.

At the high Andes village of Chawaytiri ... by one of the most astounding accomplishments of its time, the Inca Road. On a recent trip to Peru, National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI ...

They appointed a rival in his place, and moved south through a demoralized and confused Inca empire ... “The road climbs 5,000 feet straight up mountains. Sometimes it is built on a stone ...

For a scenic trip to the Andes, head to this charming tourist-friendly and white-walled city with a vibrant culture that is ...

Gold and silver veined the mountains, and herds of alpacas and llamas fattened in lush meadows. Military success in the Andes ... before. Inca engineers transformed fragmentary road networks ...

Somewhere deep inside the unforgiving Llanganates mountain range between the Andes and the Amazon is said to exist a fabulous Inca hoard hidden from Spanish conquistadors. The legend begins in the ...

As Peruvian biologist Constantino Aucca Chutas sat chewing coca leaves with a local elder high in the Andes, his companion ...

I think they were probably built the same way the Inca ... Andes was much different in Inca times than it is today. However, it is true that the glaciers in the high mountains that are found all ...

The Andes mountain range, located in South America ... Among the most renowned were the Incas, who emerged from the Peruvian highlands in the early 13th century to form a highly advanced society.

This small gold model of a llama is a fitting offering for an Inca mountain ... trips in the Andes for most of the twentieth century. Nowadays, the expansion of the road system and motorized ...

But among the holiest places in the empire were mountain peaks, which the Inca and other peoples in the Andes often regarded ... Dr Jago Cooper travels through Peru and Ecuador to reassess the ...