Under Inca rule, Cusco was developed into a complex urban centre with distinct religious and administrative functions. It is ...

Archaeologists in Peru have confirmed the existence of a mile-long underground tunnel network beneath the historic city of ...

Archaeologists in Peru have confirmed centuries of speculation that there is an underground tunnel network underneath the historic city of Cusco near Machu Picchu. The researchers found more than a ...

A team of archaeologists has discovered an ancient labyrinthine system of tunnels ... which reaches from Cusco’s Temple of the Sun towards a citadel on the city’s outskirts known as Sacsayhuamán.

Archaeologists Jorge Calero Flores and Mildred Fernández Palomino led the research team that confirmed the existence of this ancient network. "We have analyzed documents from the 16th and 17th ...

According to their discoveries, the main tunnel of the Chincana, which means labyrinth in Quechua, connects the temple of the sun, and three additional ancient points of interest, Sacsayhuamán, ...

Sacsayhuaman is a fortress built for the Killkes, who proceeded the Incan Empire. Protected by enormous stone walls, the ancient planning hub has a giant solar calendar at its center and includes ...

According to the Association of Archaeologists of Peru, the “chincana” - meaning labyrinth in Quechua- connect the city’s Temple of the Sun to the ancient Sacsayhuaman fortress ...