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Another look at the 7 New Wonders of the World

It all started in 2001, when Bernard Weber and the New 7 Wonders Foundation began a campaign asking travelers to choose the best from...

Train crash near Peru’s Machu Picchu hurts 40

LIMA—A head-on collision between two trains on the line that services Peru’s Machu Picchu killed one person and injured at least 40 others, authorities...

Tourists back at Peru’s Machu Picchu

LIMA – Tourists were back at Peru’s ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu Wednesday, officials said, after a protest by residents forced the evacuation...

Peru protests strand 1,400 tourists

PERU – Peru evacuated some 1,400 tourists overnight from the train station that serves the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, while about 900 others...

Machu Picchu security boosted after visitors spread human ashes

Lima, Peru—Peruvian authorities said Tuesday they have tightened security at the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu after tourists there were filmed dispersing what were believed...

Peru tourism industry in ‘free fall’ as Machu Picchu closed by protests

Decked out in helmet, belt, gold-plated armor and sandals, Juan Pablo Huanacchini Mamani gazes out vacantly from the Ollantaytambo Inca ruins in Peru. His Inca...

Peru closes Machu Picchu as protesters nabbed in Lima

Peru closed the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu Saturday amid steady anti-government protests, stranding hundreds of tourists for hours, as authorities expelled protesters from...

Peru opens tourist hub airport amid nationwide protests

The airport in Cusco, the gateway to the famed Machu Picchu site in southern Peru, reopened Saturday after being shuttered over a flare-up in...

Machu Picchu, Peru’s crown jewel, reopens after Covid lockdown

By Francisco Jara Peru—The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, the crown jewel of Peru’s tourist sites, reopened Sunday with an ancient ritual after a nearly...

Machu Picchu to sharply limit visits after July reopening in Peru

The ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, a jewel of Peruvian tourism, will sharply reduce the number of daily visitors once it reopens from...

The Lost City

Archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu, that Inca mega-structure high up in the Andes Mountains, was a royal estate of Inca nobility, built in the...
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