Machu Picchu is a no-fly zone. Peruvian President Ollanta Humala took a prospecting flight around Machu Picchu in May 2014 and caused quite a stir, because the area has been off-limits to aircraft ...

Machu Picchu is the granddaddy of archeological sites. Set in the Andes Mountains, the site was once an estate for the Inca emperor, as well as a place of worship and education. When the Spanish ...

Machu Picchu, the royal retreat of the Incan emperor Pachacuti, sits atop the Urubamba Valley in Peru. Meaning "Old Mountain" in the Quechua Indian language, the complex was constructed in the ...