Hiram Bingham thought that he had discovered the Lost City of Vilcabamba, even though we now know it was Machu Picchu. Unbeknownst to him, he had also traveled through Vilcabamba in 1911.

(The National Geographic Society helped fund Bingham on excursions to Machu Picchu in 1912 and 1915.) Bingham believed he had found Vilcabamba, the so-called Lost City of the Inca where the last ...

Three decades ago, the Lost City of the Tayrona people, a Machu Picchu-sized pre-Colombian archaeological site set on a high ...

A few days ago, we were elbow to elbow with tourists at Machu Picchu, the famed tucked-into-the-Andes Incan “lost city,” which for many travelers, is synonymous with Peru. Machu Picchu was rub ...

Archaeologists have discovered a pair of “exceptional” lost cities along the fabled Silk Road ... described as “extraordinarily rare”, have been compared to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu because of ...

It's hard to believe this iconic "lost city of the Incas" was untouched ... a 20-minute walk from Machu Picchu's entrance. From there, head to the Temple of the Sun to admire the exquisite Incan ...

Archaeologists have discovered a pair of “exceptional” lost cities along the fabled ... have been compared to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu because of their extremely high altitude and ...