The legend begins in the 16th century, when the great Inca Empire in western South America ... daring others to prove it. The shadowy guide of those who have tried is Valverde, a Spaniard who ...
The Inca stronghold of Machu Picchu has astounded and confounded visitors since it was unveiled to the wider world more than ...
But among the holiest places in the empire were mountain peaks, which the Inca and other peoples in the Andes often regarded as representing the origin points of societies, and the resting places ...
Our plan was to trace Serra’s story and the legacy of the Inca empire, starting in Cusco ... We come across Jorge Cobos, a seasoned local guide, in the single-street village of Huancacalle.