the Inca city is now reachable by train and bus but many visitors prefer to hike the Inca trail and enter through the Sun Gate

Standing 7,970 feet above sea level in the Andes mountains of Peru, the ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu is probably among the most recognized and celebrated archaeological sites in the world. Its fame is not simply a result of …

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Huascarán looms over the vast valley and the replica of the church front, a reminder of nature's power

On May 31, 1970, an earthquake in the Ancash region of north-central Peru sent a large mass of glacial ice from the mountain, Huascarán, down into the valley to on its western side, killing the 25,000 residents of the town …

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