Although the Inca Empire reigned across the Americas for just one century, its greatest legacy, Machu Picchu, has intrigued ...

Part 2/4. At their most powerful, the Inca had the largest empire in the world. Lasting just one century from the mid-15th ...

He uncovered a few Inca-carved stone walls and bridges ... may have been from different areas of the empire," Bauer says. As for farming, Machu Picchu's residents likely made use of the grand ...

And on the frontiers of the lost empire, they are piecing ... cords known as quipus. And Inca masons raised timeless architectural masterpieces like Machu Picchu, which continues to awe visitors ...

Rediscovered in 1911 by a US explorer, the site is the most recognisable ruin from the Inca Empire, which dominated the Andes from the 1430s until the 1530s. Archaeologists believe Machu Picchu ...

Part 4/4. The Spanish conquistadors arrived in Peru in 1526 in a bloody pursuit of gold and riches; it was the beginning of ...